Atheris anisolepis

Taxobox
name = "Atheris anisolepis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Atheris"
species = "A. anisolepis"
binomial = "Atheris anisolepis"
binomial_authority = Mocquard, 1887
synonyms = * "Atheris anisolepis" - Mocquard, 1887
* "Atheris laeviceps" - Boettger, 1887
* "Atheris squamigera anisolepis" - Bogert, 1940
* "Atheris anisolepis" - Broadley, 1996McDiarmid 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: (none).""Atheris anisolepis" is a venomous viper species found in west central Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634941|taxon="Atheris anisolepis"|year=2006|date=17 July]

Geographic range

Found in West central Africa: Gabon, Congo, west DR Congo, north Angola. The type locality given is "d'Alima Lékéti ... Congo (Franceville)." Broadley (1996:41) limited it to "Alima Leketi, Congo" by lectotype designation.

Taxonomy

Golay et al. (1993) lists this species as a subspecies of "A. squamigera". Lawson and Ustach (2000) goes a step further, considering it to be a junior synonym of "A. squamigera". Either way, it is removed from the list of species.WOA|page=squamigera|subject="Atheris squamigera"|date=8 September|year=2007] NRDB species|genus=Atheris|species=squamigera|date=2 August|year=2007] 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.]

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

Further reading

* Lawson DP, Ustach PC. 2000. A redescription of "Atheris squamigera" (Serpentes: Viperidae) with comments on the validity of "Atheris anisolepis". Journal of Herpetology (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) 34(3):386-9.
* Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy. Golray P, Schatti J-C, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. New York: Springer-Verlag. 393 pp.