IRMNG - Bitis Gray, 1842

IRMNG taxon details

Bitis Gray, 1842

IRMNG_ID

1324783 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1324783)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Viperidae Oppel, 1811

Synonymised names

Echidna Merrem, 1820 · unaccepted

Echidna Link, 1806 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Klosevipera Hoser, 2013 · unaccepted

Kuekus Hoser, 2013 · unaccepted

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Species Bitis albanica Hewitt, 1937
Species Bitis arietans Merrem, 1820
Species Bitis armata Smith, 1826
Species Bitis atropos Linnaeus, 1758
Species Bitis caudalis Smith, 1849
Species Bitis cornuta Daudin, 1803
Species Bitis gabonica Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Species Bitis heraldica Bocage, 1889
Species Bitis inornata Smith, 1838
Species Bitis nasicornis Shaw, 1802
Species Bitis parviocula Böhme, 1976
Species Bitis peringueyi Boulenger, 1888
Species Bitis rubida Branch, 1997
Species Bitis schneideri Mertens, 1954
Species Bitis worthingtoni Parker, 1932
Species Bitis xeropaga Haacke, 1975
Species Bitis atropoides Branch, 1997 accepted as Bitis armata Smith, 1826
Species Bitis caudalis Visser, 1979 accepted as Bitis rubida Branch, 1997
Species Bitis hindii Boulenger, 1910 accepted as Montatheris hindii Boulenger, 1910
Species Bitis inornata Boulenger, 1896 accepted as Bitis armata Smith, 1826
Species Bitis inornata Fitzsimons, 1946 accepted as Bitis rubida Branch, 1997
Species Bitis lachesis (Laurenti) accepted as Bitis arietans Merrem, 1820
Species Bitis paucisquamata Mertens, 1954 accepted as Bitis schneideri Mertens, 1954
Species Bitis rhinoceros ? Peters, 1882 accepted as Bitis gabonica Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Species Bitis superciliaris Kramer, 1961 accepted as Proatheris superciliaris Peters, 1855

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Zool. Misc.
page(s): 69 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Bitis Gray, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324783 on 2025-01-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

original description Zool. Misc.
page(s): 69 [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Echidna Merrem, 1820) Tent. Syst. Amph., 14
page(s): 150 [details]

original description (of Echidna Link, 1806) Voigt's Mag. Nat., 12, 290, 296
page(s): 299 [details]

original description (of Klosevipera Hoser, 2013) Article title: African adders (Bitis Gray, 1842), reviewed, including, two new subgenera, five new species of Puff Adder, all formerly Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) subspecific division of Bitis caudalis (Smith, 1839) and division of the berg adders Bitis [details]

original description (of Klosevipera Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 19: -. [3-24] [details]

original description (of Kuekus Hoser, 2013) Article title: African adders (Bitis Gray, 1842), reviewed, including, two new subgenera, five new species of Puff Adder, all formerly Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) subspecific division of Bitis caudalis (Smith, 1839) and division of the berg adders Bitis [details]

original description (of Kuekus Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 19: -. [3-24] [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Klosevipera Hoser, 2013)
To BioNames database (from synonym Kuekus Hoser, 2013)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Klosevipera Hoser, 2013)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Kuekus Hoser, 2013)