Bitis heraldica (Bocage, 1889)
Angolan adder
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
central plateau, Angola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bocage, J. V. B. (1889). Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur une Vipère apparemment nouvelle d’Angola. J. Sci. Math Phys. Nat. Lisboa 1: 127-128.
Other references:
Ceríaco, Luis M. P. et al. (2020). A dwarf among giants: phylogenetic position of the elusive Angolan Adder (Bitis heraldica) and biogeographic affinities of Angolan Afromontane regions. African Journal of Herpetology. https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2020.1782484 [Abstract]
Gonçalves, Francisco M. P. et al. (2019). Rediscovery of the Poorly Known Angolan Adder, Bitis heraldica (Bocage, 1889) (Serpentes: Viperidae): New Records, Live Photographs, and First Case History of Envenomation. Herpetological Review 50(2): 241-246.
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