Bitis cornuta

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 cornuta

Bitis cornuta (Daudin, 1803)

Holotype: not designated; based on pl. 15 in Paterson (1790: 109).
Type locality: “between Deepe Kloaf, or Water Val, and Great, or Sea Fountain, country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria [= Cape of Good Hope]”, restricted to “McDougall’s Bay (2916BD), Little Namaqualand, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa” by Branch (1999: 53).

Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Sixième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 447 pp. + plates LXXI–LXXX. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bitis cornuta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2018.
Alexander, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2021. IUCN: Bitis cornuta (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22475197A147708520. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22475197A147708520.en. Accessed on 04 June 2023.

English: Many-horned Adder