Causus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Viperoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Causus
Species (7):
C. bilineatus –
C. defilippii –
C. lichtensteinii –
C. maculatus –
C. rasmusseni –
C. resimus –
C. rhombeatus
Name
[edit]- Type species: Sepedon rhombeata Lichtenstein, 1823, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]- Distichurus Hallowell, 1842
- Type species: Distichurus maculatus Hallowell, 1842, by monotypy.
- Heterophis Peters, 1862
- Type species: Heterophis resimus Peters, 1862, by monotypy.
- Dinodipsas Peters, 1882
- Type species: Dinodipsas angulifera Peters, 1882, by monotypy.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. 2014. A new species of Causus Lichtenstein from the Congo/Zambezi watershed in north-western Zambia (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(29): 341–350. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Causus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2022.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Night Adders
eesti: Kärnrästik
עברית: צפע לילי
Nederlands: Padadders
norsk: Nattvipere
русский: Жабьи гадюки
українська: Жаб'яча гадюка
中文: 夜蝰屬
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