Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Viperoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Atheris
Species (15):
A. acuminata –
A. barbouri –
A. broadleyi –
A. ceratophora –
A. chlorechis –
A. desaixi –
A. hirsuta –
A. hispida –
A. katangensis –
A. mabuensis –
A. matildae –
A. nitschei –
A. rungweensis –
A. squamigera –
A. subocularis
Name
Atheris Cope, 1862
Synonymy
- Adenorhinos Marx & Rabb, 1965: Fieldiana, Zool. 44: 186. [CHECK: Loveridge, 1930]
- Poecilostolus Günther, 1863
- Woolfvipera Hoser, 2012 [Also spelled Woolfviper]
References
- Broadley, D.G. 1996. A review of the tribe Atherini (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the descriptions of two new genera. African Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 40–48. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1996.9649964 Reference page.
- Hoser, R.T. 2012: A division of the African tree viper genus Atheris Cope, 1860 into four subgenera (Serpentes: Viperidae). Australasian journal of herpetology 12: 32–35. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Menegon, M. et al. 2014: The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 79: 12–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.007 Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Bush vipers
русский: Древесные гадюки
svenska: Trädhuggormar
中文: 樹蝰屬
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