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| name = ''Causus rhombeatus'' | | name = ''Causus rhombeatus'' | ||
| regnum = Animalia | |||
| phylum = Chordata | |||
| subphylum = Vertebrata | |||
| regnum = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| phylum = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subphylum = | | subordo = Serpentes | ||
| classis = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
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| subfamilia = [[Causinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Causinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Causinae|Causus]]'' | | genus = ''[[Causinae|Causus]]'' | ||
| species = '''''C. rhombeatus''''' | | species = '''''C. rhombeatus''''' | ||
| binomial = ''Causus rhombeatus'' | | binomial = ''Causus rhombeatus'' | ||
| binomial_authority = ( | | binomial_authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823) | ||
| synonyms = * ''Sepedon rhombeata'' - Lichtenstein, 1823 | | synonyms = * ''Sepedon rhombeata'' - Lichtenstein, 1823 | ||
* ''Col''[''uber'']. ''v nigrum'' - F. Boie, 1827 | * ''Col''[''uber'']. ''v nigrum'' - F. Boie, 1827 | ||
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'''Common names:''' rhombic night adder.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref><ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> | '''Common names:''' rhombic night adder.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref><ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> | ||
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'''''Causus rhombeatus''''' is a | '''''Causus rhombeatus''''' is a venomous viper species found in subsaharan Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634840 ''Causus rhombeatus'' (TSN 634840)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 24 March 2007.</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The average length is 60 cm, but the reported maximum is 93 cm (for a male collected in eastern | The average length is 60 cm, but the reported maximum is 93 cm (for a male collected in eastern Zimbabwe).<ref name="Mal03"/> | ||
==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found in the 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.<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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== External links == | ==External links== | ||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Causus|species=rhombeatus}} | * {{EMBL species|genus=Causus|species=rhombeatus}}. | ||
[[Category:True vipers]] | [[Category:True vipers]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | ||
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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
Found in the 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) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 24 March 2007.
External links
- Species Causus rhombeatus at the Species2000 Database.