Atheris
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Name (Latin)
Atheris
Other forms of name
Bush vipers
See Also From tracing topical name
Viperidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1017440
Library of congress:
sh2013002506
Sources of Information
- Work cat: 2013034880: Bush vipers, 2014:ECIP galley (scientific name: Atheris)
- ITIS, Aug. 30, 2013(Atheris, family Viperidae)
- Reptile database, Aug. 30, 2013(lists various Atheris species in family Viperidae)
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Atheris squamigera
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Wikipedia description:
Atheris is a genus of vipers known as bush vipers. They are found only in tropical subsaharan Africa (excluding southern Africa) and many species have isolated and fragmented distributions due to their confinement to rain forests. Like all other vipers, they are venomous. In an example of convergent evolution, they show many similarities to the arboreal pit vipers of Asia and South America. Seventeen species are currently recognized.
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