Atheris hetfieldi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Atheris
Species: Atheris hetfieldi

Name

Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques & Bauer, 2020: 585

• Holotype: CAS 207870 (field number RCD-13410), adult ♀, collected by Jens V. Vindum and Lindsay G. Henwood on 11 October 1998.
• Type locality: “Moka road (3.38844°, 8.65878°, 1296 m), Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea”.

References

Primary references

• Ceríaco L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. The Bush Vipers, genus Atheris Cope, 1862 (Squamata: Viperidae) of Bioko Island, Gulf of Guinea, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4838(4): 581–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris hetfieldi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Hetfield's Bush Viper