Bitis heraldica

Taxobox
name = "Bitis heraldica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Bitis"
species = "B. heraldica"
binomial = "Bitis heraldica"
binomial_authority = (Bocage, 1889)
synonyms = * "Vipera heraldica" - Bocage, 1889
* "Bitis peringueyi" - Boulenger, 1896
* "Bitis heraldica" - Betherncourt-Ferreira, 1898McDiarmid 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: Angolan 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.] Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.] ""Bitis heraldica" is a venomous viper species found only in Angola. Easily distinguished from "B. caudalis" by its heavily speckled belly and lack of any supraocular horns. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634954|taxon="Bitis heraldica"|year=2007|date=5 April]

Description

The maximum recorded length is 405 mm.

Geographic range

The high plateau of central Angola. The type locality given is "sur les bords de la rivière "Calae", l'un des affluents de "Cunene", entre le 13^o et 14^o parallèle á l'est de "Caconda"." [Calai River (tributary of the Kunene), Cacanda, Angola.

Habitat

Rocky mountain slopes.

Behavior

Nothing is known of its behavior, as less than 20 specimens have ever been collected.

Venom

Nothing is known of the venom composition and no bites have ever been recorded.

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

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