Bitis caudalis

Bitis caudalis

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: Bitis
Species: Bitis caudalis

Name

• Bitis caudalis (Smith, 1839)

Syntypes (5): BMNH 1865.5.4.15a-e, 3 ♂, 2 ♀.

Type locality: “sandy districts north of the Cape Colony”, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Combinations

• Vipera (Cerastes) caudalis Smith, 1839: unpaginated; plate VII [original combination, replacement name]
• Bitis caudalis — Boulenger, 1896: 498 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Vipera ocellata Smith, 1838: 92 [preoccupied by Vipera ocellata Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801]

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Magazine of Natural History 2: 92–94. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum Volume III: containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae, and Viperidae. Taylor & Francis: London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bitis caudalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 September 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Horned Adder

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