Bitis cornuta

Taxonavigation

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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

Name

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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).

Combinations

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  • Vipera cornuta Daudin, 1803: 188 [original combination]
  • Cerastes cornutaGray, 1842: 70 [subsequent combination]
  • Clotho cornutaGray, 1849: 27 [subsequent combination]
  • Bitis cornutaBoulenger, 1896: 497 [subsequent combination]
  • Cobra cornutaMertens, 1937: 16 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • 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
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Vernacular names

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English: Many-horned Adder