Atheris mabuensis

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 mabuensis

Name

Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009: 44

• Holotype: PEM R17901, ♂, collected by local hunter on 20 October 2008.
• Type locality: “main forest camp, Mount Mabu (16°17’12”S, 36°24’14”E, 1000m a.s.l., Zambezia Prov., northern Mozambique”.

References

Primary references

• Branch, W.R. & Bayliss, J. 2009. A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 2113(1): 41–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris mabuensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 May 2022.
• Tolley, K.A., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Raimundo, A. & Sardinha, C.I.V. 2019. IUCN: Atheris mabuensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44980150A44980152. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44980150A44980152.en. Accessed on 08 May 2022.