Atheris mabuensis

Atheris mabuensis
Atheris mabuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Atheris
Species: A. mabuensis
Binomial name
Atheris mabuensis
Branch & Bayliss, 2009

Atheris mabuensis, or the Mount Mabu forest viper, is a species of snake in the Viperidae family. It is endemic to Mozambique.[1]

During his second reconnaissance visit to Mount Mabu (23–26 January 2006) a very young forest viper was found by Dr. Julian Bayliss in leaf litter on the floor of closed-canopy wet forest on Mount Mabu at approximately 1000m. On examination in the Port Elizabeth Museum (BayWorld, acronym PEM) herpetological collection by Prof. Bill Branch, the specimen was identified as a member of the genus Atheris, which had never previously been recorded from Mozambique and which, moreover, represented a substantial southern range extension for the genus.

References

  1. ^ Branch WR, & Bayliss J (2009). "A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique". Zootaxa 2113: 41–54. 


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