Atheris nitschei

Atheris nitschei

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 nitschei

Name

Atheris nitschei Tornier, 1902: 589

• Syntypes (n=2): ZMB 17669, collected by Eggel and ZMB 20480, collected by H. Ziemann between 1900–1901.
• Type locality: “Mpororosumpf, zwischen den Papyrusstauden [=Mpororo Swamp]”, Rwanda.

Synonyms

• Atheris woosnami Boulenger, 1906: 37
  • Syntypes (n=4): BMNH 1946.1.19.60-63, obtained by Richard B. Woosnam.
  • Type locality: “on the east side of Ruwenzori, between 6000 and 6500 feet altitude”.

References

Primary references

• Tornier, G. 1902. Herpetologisch neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 15(2): 578–590. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Description of a new Tree-Viper from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 18: 37–38. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris nitschei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 January 2023.
• Branch, W.R., Wagner, P., Safari, I., Chenga, J. & Kusamba, C. 2021. IUCN: Atheris nitschei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44980169A44980174. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44980169A44980174.en. Accessed on 17 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Great Lakes Bush Viper

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