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    Species Accepted

    Atheris rungweensis Bogert, 1940

    Mt Rungwe bush viper
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Atheris
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Mt Rungwe bush viper English
      Mt. Rungwe Bush Viper English
      Vipère arboricole de Rungwe French

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      17 results
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      Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane. (2018). Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71.
      Broadley, D. G., & HOWELL, K. M. (1991). A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70.
      Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke, Davies, & John. (2021). Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 Pp., ISBN 9781775847373.
      Mallow, D. Ludwig, D. & Nilson, G. (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger, Malabar, Florida, 410 Pp. [Review in HR 35: 200, Reptilia 35: 74].
      Rasmussen, J.B. & K.M. HOWELL. (1982). The current status of the rare Usambara mountain forest-viper, Atheris ceratophorus Werner, 1895, including a probable new record of Atheris nitschei rungweensis Bogert, 1940, and a discussion of its validity (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 3: 269-277.
      Broadley, D. G. (1998). A review of the genus Atheris Cope (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the description of a new species from Uganda. The Herpetological Journal 8: 117-135.
      Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. (2002). A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 Pp. [Reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147].
      MENEGON, MICHELE; TIM R.B. DAVENPORT & KIM M. HOWELL. (2011). Description of a new and critically endangered species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country’s tree viper fauna. Zootaxa 3120: 43–54.
      Menegon, M.; Loader, S.P.; Marsden, S.J.; Branch, W.R.; Davenport, T.R.B. & Ursenbacher, S. (2014). The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 12-22.

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