Causus defilippii

Causus defilippii

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: Causus
Species: Causus defilippii

Name

Causus defilippii (Jan, 1863)

• Holotype: MRSN R2894 (formerly MZUT 2836). [lost fide Broadley in Golay et al. (1993: 264)]
• Type locality: “Buenos Ayres” (in error), corrected to “Africa” by FitzSimons (1966: 76), restricted to “Transvaal” by Elter (1982: 20).

Combinations

• Heterodon De Filippii Jan, 1863: 225 [original combination, incorrect original spelling]
• Causus De Filippii — Mocquard, 1892: 64 [subsequent combination]
• Causus defilippii — Boulenger, 1894: 469 [subsequent combination, justified emendation]

Synonyms

• Causus (Heterophis) rostratus Günther, 1863: 363
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.88, ♂, presented by Captain John H. Speke.
  • Type locality: “Ugogo”, Tanzania.

• Causus rostratus Mocquard, 1892: 35 [nomen praeoccupatum by Causus rostratus Günther, 1863, synonymised by Mocquard (1892: 64)]
  • Syntypes (n=6): MNHN-RA-1885.57–59, MNHN-RA-1883.218–219, obtained by M. le Capitaine Bloyet, and MNHN-RA-0.6070.
  • Type locality: “envoyés de Kondoa (Afrique orientale) (5 specimens)” and “Zanzibar” (1 specimen).

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2(2): 213–330. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1863. Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 12(71): 348–365. BHL Reference page. 
• Mocquard, F. 1892. Description de deux ophidiens et d’un batracien d’espèces nouvelles. Le Naturaliste. 2º Série 14(118): 35. BHL Reference page. 
• Mocquard, F. 1892. Rectification. Le Naturaliste. 2º Série 14(120): 64. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Containing the conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Causus defilippii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 October 2022.
• Alexander, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2021. IUCN: Causus defilippii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13301008A13301016. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13301008A13301016.en. Accessed on 04 October 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Defilippis Krötenotter
English: Snouted Night Adder

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