Causus

Causus rhombeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Causus
Species (7): C. bilineatus – C. defilippii – C. lichtensteinii – C. maculatus – C. rasmusseni – C. resimus – C. rhombeatus

Name

Causus Wagler, 1830: 172

• Type species: Sepedon rhombeata Lichtenstein, 1823, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Distichurus Hallowell, 1842
  • Type species: Distichurus maculatus Hallowell, 1842, by monotypy.

• Heterophis Peters, 1862
  • Type species: Heterophis resimus Peters, 1862, by monotypy.

• Dinodipsas Peters, 1882
  • Type species: Dinodipsas angulifera Peters, 1882, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G. 2014. A new species of Causus Lichtenstein from the Congo/Zambezi watershed in north-western Zambia (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(29): 341–350. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Causus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2022.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Krötenvipern
• English: Night Adders
• eesti: Kärnrästik
• עברית: צפע לילי
• Nederlands: Padadders
• norsk: Nattvipere
• русский: Жабьи гадюки
• українська: Жаб'яча гадюка
• 中文: 夜蝰屬

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