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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 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 ...
Common names: western bush viper, [3] West African leaf viper, [4] more. Atheris chlorechis is a viper species found only in the forests of West Africa. [1] [3] [5] No subspecies are currently recognized. It is the type species of its genus. [5] [6] Like all other vipers, it is a venomous species. [5]
Atheris squamigera (common names: green bush viper, [3] [4] variable bush viper, [5] [6] leaf viper, [6] Hallowell's green tree viper, [7] and others) is a venomous viper species endemic to west and central Africa.
Atheris broadleyi, or Broadley's bush viper, is an arboreal species of viper found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, and (possibly [a]) Nigeria. [1] [3] [4] The species gets its name in honour of the late Donald G. Broadley, a famous African herpetologist. As with all vipers, A. broadleyi is venomous. [3]
Common names: Great Lakes bush viper, Nitsche's bush viper, [2] [3] more. Atheris nitschei is a species of venomous snake, a viper in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Africa. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [4]
Common names: Usambara bush viper, [3] horned bush viper, [4] eyelash bush viper, [5] more. Atheris ceratophora is a venomous viper species endemic to a few mountain ranges in Tanzania. This used to be the only horned, arboreal viper known from Africa, until the discovery in 2011 of Atheris matildae, also found in Tanzania. [3]
Atheris rungweensis is known from scattered locations from south-western Tanzania to north-eastern Zambia and south to the Nyika Plateau in northern Malawi. [3]Atheris rungweensis is usually found in low bushes along streams and at the edges of mountain forests at altitudes of 800–2,000 m (2,600–6,600 ft).