Bitis cornuta albanica

Taxobox
name = "Bitis cornuta"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Bitis"
species = "B. cornuta"
subspecies = "B. c. albanica"
trinomial = "Bitis cornuta albanica"
trinomial_authority = Hewitt, 1937
synonyms = * "Bitis cornuta albanica" - Hewitt, 1937McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).] :"Common names: Albany adder,NRDB species|genus=Bitis|species=albanica|date=2 August|year=2007] eastern hornsman adder, eastern many-horned adder.Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.] ""Bitis cornuta albanica" is a venomous viper subspeciesITIS|ID=635235|taxon="Bitis cornuta albanica"|year=2006|date=25 July] restricted to eastern and southern Cape Province in South Africa.

Description

This subspecies does not have the horns that are characteristic of the nominate race, "B. c. cornuta". The coloration is brown to reddish brown and they may also lack the distinctive pattern of the typical form.Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.]

Geographic range

Eastern and southern Cape Province in South Africa. The type locality is listed as "The Dene (Port Elizabeth), Addo, and from dry scrub districts near Grahamstown such as Brak Kloof, farm Springvale, and Kleinpoort near Committees ... Eastern Cape Province, South Africa."

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

Taxonomy

Branch (1999) elevated "B. c. albanica" to species level: "Bitis albanica". [http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/Updates/Viperinae1999.htm Viperidae - Viperinae - 1999 Publications] at [http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/ Wolfgang Wüster homepage] , School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor. Accessed 28 August 2006.]

References

Further reading

* Branch WR. 1999. Dwarf adders of the Bitis cornuta-inornata complex (Serptentes: Viperidae) in Southern Africa. Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 39-63.