Bitis worthingtoni

Taxobox
name = "Bitis worthingtoni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Bitis"
species = "B. worthingtoni"
binomial = "Bitis worthingtoni"
binomial_authority = Parker, 1932
synonyms = * "Bitis worthingtoni" - Parker, 1932McDiarmid 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: Kenya horned viper.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 worthingtoni" is a venomous viper species found only in the high central Rift Valley of Kenya. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634961|taxon="Bitis worthingtoni"|year=2006|date=27 July]

Description

Grows to a length of 20-40 cm with a maximum of 50 cm.

Geographic range

Restricted to Kenya's high central Rift Valley at altitudes over 1,500 m. The type locality given is the "shore of Lake Naivasha" [Kenya] .

Conservation status

Currently, this species is not listed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species or on any of the CITES Appendices, but in 2004 a proposal was submitted by Kenya to have it listed on CITES Appendix II. The actual status of the species is unknown, but it is reasoned that the Kenyan proposal is justified due to the species' restricted geographic range, habitat loss, demand by reptile collectors and the existence of illegal trade. [http://www.ssn.org/Meetings/cop/cop13/Factsheets/SSNCOP13_snakes_EN.pdf CoP13] at [http://www.ssn.org/ Species Survival Network] . Accessed 8 October 2006.]

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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