Bitis rubida

Taxobox
name = "Bitis rubida"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Bitis"
species = "B. rubida"
binomial = "Bitis rubida"
binomial_authority = Branch, 1997
synonyms = * "Bitis inornata" - FitzSimons, 1946
* "Bitis cornuta albanica" - FitzSimons, 1962
* "Bitis cornuta cornuta" - Haacke, 1975
* "Bitis cornuta cornuta" - Visser, 1979
* "Bitis caudalis" - Visser, 1979
* "Bitis cornuta inorata" - Broadley, 1983
* "Bitis inornata" - Branch, 1988
* "Bitis inornata" - Branch, 1988 (!)
* "Bitis cornuta albanica" - Broadley, 1990
* "Bitis inornata" - M. Burger, 1992
* "B" ["itis"] . "cornuta albanica" - M. Burger, 1992
* "B" ["itis"] . "inornata" - M. Burger, 1993
* "B" ["itis"] . "cornuta albanica" - M. Burger, 1993
* "Bitis inornata" - Spawls & Branch, 1995
* "Bitis inornata" - Branch & Bauer, 1995
* "Bitis rubida" - Branch, 1997McDiarmid 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: red 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 rubida" is a venomous viper species found only in Western Cape Province, South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634959|taxon=Bitis rubida|year=2006|date=26 July]

Description

Maximum recorded lengths are 41.9 cm for females and 37.7 cm for males.

Geographic range

Several isolated populations in the northern Cape Fold Mountains and inland escarpment in Western Cape Province, South Africa. The type locality given is "Jeep track above Farm Driehoek, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; 32°25'44"S, 19°12'30"E, alt. 1380 m; 3219AC."

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

External links

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* [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Bitis_rubida/GES020858.html?size=large "Bitis rubida" image] at [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/ ARKive, Reptiles] . Accessed 2 October 2006.