Bitis atropos

Bitis atropos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Bitis
Species: Bitis atropos

Name

Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NHR Lin-96 [or Lin-97] (formerly MAFR).
• Type locality: “America” in error, probably from Cape of Good Hope fide FitzSimons (1962: 343).

Combinations

• Coluber atropos Linnaeus, 1758: 216 [original combination]
• Cobra atropos — Laurenti, 1768 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera atropos — Sonnini & Latreille, 1802 [subsequent combination]
• Echidna atropos — Wagler, 1830 [subsequent combination]
• Clotho atropos — Gray, 1842 [subsequent combination]
• Bitis atropos — Günther, 1858 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Bitis atropos. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 June 2022.
• Maritz, B. & Turner, A.A. 2018. IUCN: Bitis atropos  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178597A115660262. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178597A115660262.en. Accessed on 07 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bergadder
Deutsch: Berg-Puffotter
English: Berg Adder
中文: 山噝蝰

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