Causus rasmusseni

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 rasmusseni

Name

Causus rasmusseni Broadley, 2014: 342

• Holotype: NMZB 10704, adult ♀, collected by a local resident on 8 October 1990.
• Type locality: “Ikelenge, Mwililunga District, north-western Zambia”.

References

Primary 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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Causus rasmusseni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.
• Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L. & Conradie, W. 2021. IUCN: Causus rasmusseni  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T110230631A110230633. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T110230631A110230633.en. Accessed on 25 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Rasmussen's Night Adder