Bitis rhinoceros

Bitis rhinoceros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Bitis
Subgenus: Bitis (Macrocerastes)
Species: Bitis rhinoceros

Name

Bitis rhinoceros (Schlegel, 1855)

• Syntypes (n=5): RMNH 1643–46, collected by H. Pel in 1850 and RMNH 1647, collected by H. Pel and Ferrier in 1843.
• Type locality: “Goud-kust, fusschen hat Kaap de Drie Punten en hat fort Acre”.

Combinations

• Vipera rhinoceros Schlegel, 1855: 316 [original combination]
• Echidna rhinoceros — Duméril, 1856 [subsequent combination]
• Clotho rhinoceros — Cope, 1860 [subsequent combination]
• Bitis rhinoceros — Peters, 1882 [subsequent combination]
• Bitis gabonica rhinoceros — Mertens, 1951 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Schlegel, H. 1855. Over eenige nieuwe soorten van vergiftige slangen van de Goudkust. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschapen Amsterdam, (Afdeeling Natuurkunde) 3: 312–317.

Links

• Johnny, J., Penner, J., Rödel , M.-O., Luiselli, L., Segniagbeto, G., Chirio, L. & Trape, J. 2013. IUCN: Bitis rhinoceros  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13300925A13300932. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13300925A13300932.en. Accessed on 27 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Rhinoceros Adder
• français: vipère du Gabon de l'Ouest

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