Bitis rubida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Cladus: 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 (Calechidna)
Species: Bitis rubida

Bitis rubida Branch, 1997: 38

Holotype: PEM R12582, adult ♂, collected by S.A. Botha on 3 September 1986.
Type locality: “Jeep track above Farm Driehoek, Cedarberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; 32°25’44’’ S, 19°12’30’’ E, alt. 1380m”.

Branch, W.R. 1997. A new adder (Bitis; Viperidae) from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 32(2): 37–42. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1997.11448426 Reference page.

Conradie, W., Branch, W.R. & Watson, G. 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1 Reference page.

Maritz, B. & Turner, A.A. 2022. IUCN: Bitis rubida (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T22475225A197415027. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22475225A197415027.en. Accessed on 25 January 2026.