Proatheris superciliaris

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: Proatheris
Species: Proatheris superciliaris

Name

Proatheris superciliaris (Peters, 1854)

• Holotype: ZMB 4121, ♂, collected by W. Peters in April 1847.
• Type locality: “Terra Querimba”, emended to “Festlande, der Cap Delgado-Insel Querimba” by Peters (1882: 145).

Combinations

• Vipera superciliaris Peters, 1854: 625 [original combination]
• Bitis superciliaris — Kramer, 1961: 419 [subsequent combination]
• Atheris superciliaris — Marx & Rabb, 1965: 162 [subsequent combination]
• Proatheris superciliaris — Broadley, 1996: 44 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628. BHL
• Broadley, D.G. 1996. A review of the tribe Atherini (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the descriptions of two new genera. African Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 40–48. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1996.9649964 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Proatheris superciliaris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 May 2022.
• Msuya, C.A., Ngalason, W., Howell, K., Verburgt, L., Pietersen, D., Farooq, H. & Chapeta, Y. 2021. IUCN: Proatheris superciliaris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T190650A46183243. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T190650A46183243.en. Accessed on 08 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Lowland Swamp Viper