Bitis inornata (plate IV)

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 inornata

Name

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  • Bitis inornata (Smith, 1838)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.13 (formerly 1865.5.4.166).

Type locality: “Sneeuwbergen, or Snow-mountains, which are situated immediately behind the village of Graaff Reynet [=Graaff-Reinet]”, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Combinations

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  • Echidna inornata Smith, 1838: unpaginated; plate IV [original combination]
  • Vipera inornataStrauch, 1869: 97 [name combination]
  • Bitis inornataBoulenger, 1896: 496 [name combination]
  • Bitis cornuta inornataUnderwood, 1968: 84 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Bitis inornataBranch, 1999: 54 [name combination, restaured to species]

References

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Primary references

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  • 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
  • Strauch, A. 1869. Synopsis der Viperiden nebst Bemerkungen über die geographische Verbreitung dieser Giftschlangen-Familie. Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg Séries 7, 14(6): 1–144. BHL
  • 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
  • Underwood G. 1968. On the status of some South African vipers. Annals of Cape provincial museums. Natural history 6(9): 81–85. BHL
  • Branch, W.R. 1999. Dwarf adders of the Bitis cornuta-inornata complex (Serpentes: Viperidae) in Southern Africa. Kaupia 8: 39–63.

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Plain Mountain Adder, Hornless Adder