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 heraldica

Name

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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

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

Native distribution areas

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  • Angola (Central Highlands).

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Vernacular names

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English: Angolan Adder