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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: 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 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 ...
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 chlorechis venom can lead to major systemic envenoming, shock, blood loss due to coagulopathy, and renal ...
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