Bitis heraldica

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 heraldica

Name

Bitis heraldica (Bocage, 1889)

• Holotype: MB 2127, collected by H.C. Capello & R. Ivens between March–April 1884. [destroyed by fire 18 March 1978]
• Type locality: “sur les bords de la rivière Calae, l’un des affluents du Cunene, entre le 13° et le 14° parallèle à l’est de Caconda, Angola”.

Combinations

• Vipera heraldica Bocage, 1889: 127 [original combination]
• Bitis heraldica — Bethencourt-Ferreira, 1898 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Angola (Central Highlands).

References

Primary references

• Bocage, J.V.B. 1889. Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur une vipère apparemment nouvelle d'Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes (2)2: 127–128. BHL

Additional references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Tolley, K.A., Marques, M.P., Heinicke, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A dwarf among giants: phylogenetic position of the elusive Angolan Adder (Bitis heraldica) and biogeographic affinities of Angolan Afromontane regions. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 108–118. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1782484 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bitis heraldica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 June 2023.
• Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. IUCN: Bitis heraldica  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22475207A22475216. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22475207A22475216.en. Accessed on 04 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Angolan Adder