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Atheris hispida is a viper species endemic to Central Africa. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. It is known for its extremely keeled dorsal scales ("spikes") that give it a bristly appearance. [3] No subspecies are currently recognized. [4] Common names include rough-scaled bush viper, spiny bush viper, [5] [3] hairy bush viper, [3] [6 ...
Atheris is a genus of vipers known as bush vipers. [2] They are found only in tropical subsaharan Africa (excluding southern Africa ) [ 1 ] and many species have isolated and fragmented distributions due to their confinement to rain forests . [ 3 ]
Atheris ceratophora, Horned bush viper; Atheris chlorechis, Western bush viper; Atheris desaixi, Mount Kenya bush viper; Atheris hetfieldi; Atheris hirsuta, Tai hairy bush viper; Atheris hispida, Bristly bush viper; Atheris katangensis, Katanga mountain bush viper; Atheris mabuensis, Mount Mabu forest viper; Atheris matildae, Matilda's horned viper
Image Common Name(s) Scientific name Distribution Notes African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise: Centrochelys sulcata: southern edge of the Sahara Desert: Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species.
Atheris hispida Laurent, 1955; Atheris katangensis De Witte, 1953; Atheris nitschei Tornier, 1902; Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854) Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) Bitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802) Causus bilineatus Boulenger, 1905; Causus defilippii (Jan, 1862) Causus lichtensteinii (Jan, 1859)
Atheris: Cope, 1862 18 Bush vipers Tropical sub-Saharan Africa, excluding southern Africa. Bitis: Gray, 1842 18 Puff adders Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Cerastes: Laurenti, 1768 3 Horned vipers North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran. Daboia: Gray, 1842 4 Day adders
Atheris acuminata, the acuminate bush viper, is an arboreal species of viper found in Western Uganda, closely related to the viper species Atheris hispida. [2] The species gets the name 'acuminate' and 'acuminata' from the long dorsal scales on the back of its head and the front half of its body, which present as long hollow curves which thin to a sharp point.
Atheris hispida or rough-scaled tree viper, a venomous species found in Central Africa; Atheris nitschei or Nitsche's tree viper, a venomous species found in Africa from Uganda and adjacent DR Congo in the north to northern Malawi in the south; Atheris rungweensis or Rungwe tree viper, a venomous subspecies found in Africa in Tanzania, Zambia ...