Atheris squamigera

Atheris squamigera

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: Atheris
Species: Atheris squamigera

Name

Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854)

• Holotype: ANSP 6949, collected by M.P. Bellonni-Duchaillu.
• Type locality: “Near the river Gaboon, Guinea”.

Combinations

• Echis squamigera Hallowell, 1854: 193 [original combination]
• Toxicoa squamigera — Cope, 1860: 341 [subsequent combination]
• Atheris squamigera — Peters, 1864: 645 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Poecilostolus burtonii Günther, 1863: 25
  • Holotype: BMNH] 1946.1.20.83, obtained by Captain Burton.
  • Type locality: “Camaroon [sic] [=Cameroon]”

• Atheris lucani Rochebrune, 1885: 89
  • Type material: Unknown.
  • Type locality: “Locum Landana dictum” (untraceable locality).

• Atheris squamigera robusta Laurent, 1956: 332
  • Holotype: MRAC 16836, ♀, collected by Hecq in April 1953.
  • Type locality: “Nioka, Ituri”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

Primary references

• Hallowell, E. 1854. Descriptions of new reptiles from Guinea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 193-194. BHL
• Günther, A. 1863. On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 11(61): 20–25. BHL
• Rochebrune, A.T. 1885. Fauna de la Sénégambie, Reptiles. Octave Douin: Paris. 221 pp.
• Laurent, R.F. 1956. Contribution a l’herpétologie de la région des Grands Lacs de l’Afrique centrale. I. Generalites—II. Cheloniens—III. Ophidiens. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge 48: 1–390.

Additional references

• Lawson, D.P. & Ustach, P.C. 2000. A redescription of Atheris squamigera (Serpentes, Viperidae) with comments on the validity of Atheris anisolepis. Journal of Herpetology 34(3): 386–389. DOI: 10.2307/1565361 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. The Bush Vipers, genus Atheris Cope, 1862 (Squamata: Viperidae) of Bioko Island, Gulf of Guinea, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4838(4): 581–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris squamigera. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 September 2020.
• Chirio, L., Branch, W.R., Wagner, P., LeBreton, M., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G., Kusamba, C., Chippaux, J.-P. & Gonwouo, N.L. 2021. IUCN: Atheris squamigera  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13300876A13300887. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13300876A13300887.en. Accessed on 14 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Variable Bush Viper
português: Víbora-das-árvores

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