Bitis schneideri

Bitis schneideri

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Bitis
Subgenus: Bitis (Calechidna)
Species: Bitis schneideri

Name

Bitis schneideri (Boettger, 1886)

• Holotype: SMF 21019 (formerly SMB-B 9498d), ♀, collected by O. Schneider in 1886.
• Type locality: “Angra Pequenia [=Lüderitz Bay]”, Namibia.

Combinations

• Vipera schneideri Boettger, 1886: 8 [original combination]
• Bitis schneideri — Haacke, 1975: 119 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1886. Beitrag zur Herpetologie und Malakozoologie Südwest-Afrikas. 1. Zur Kenntniss der Fauna von Angra Pequenia. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1886: 3–29. BHL
• Haacke, W. 1975. Description of a new adder (Viperidae, Reptilia) from Southern Africa, with a discussion of related forms. Cimbebasia (A) 4: 115–128.

Links

• Tolley, K.A., Alexander, G.J., Weeber, J., Maritz, B. & Turner, A.A. 2019. IUCN: Bitis schneideri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T2818A147708662. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T2818A147708662.en. Accessed on 26 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Namaqua Dwarf Adder

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