IRMNG name details
original description
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
Australasian Journal of Herpetology 19: -. [3-24] [details]
basis of record
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search [details]
additional source
As per current placement of type species [details]
source of synonymy
original publication/web search (AJR). [details]
extant flag source
inferred from original work (title) [details]
habitat flag source
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) [details]
Unreviewed
Classification Animalia;Chordata;Vertebrata;Reptilia;Lepidosauria;Squamata;Serpentes;Viperidae [details]
Taxonomic remark As Bitis (Klosevipera). Editor's note: names proposed by R. Hoser (2000 onwards) are controversial within the herpetological community and not generally accepted. For the present status of this name, the reader is suggested to consult the Reptile Database [details]
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