Causus rhombeatus
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Common names: rhombic night adder.[2][3]
Causus rhombeatus is a venomous viper species found in subsaharan Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Description
The average length is 60 cm, but the reported maximum is 93 cm (for a male collected in eastern Zimbabwe).[2]
Geographic range
Savannas of subsaharan Africa from Nigeria east to Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, south through Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, and eastern South Africa to Riverdale in the Western Cape Province. No type locality is listed.[1]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ Causus rhombeatus (TSN 634840). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 August 2006.
External links
- Species Causus rhombeatus at the Species2000 Database