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    Species Accepted

    Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Berg Adder English
      Berg-Puffotter German
      Bergotter German
      Cape Berg Adder English
      Mountain Adder English
      Vipera di montagna del Sudafrica Italian
      Vipera di montagna sudafricana Italian
      Горная африканская гадюка Russian
      Южноафриканская горная гадюка Russian
      ベルクアダー Japanese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Schätti, B. (1985). Catalogue des types et des exemplaires figurés du Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel - II. Ophidiens. Bibliotheques et Muses de La Ville de Neuchatel, 1985: 98-108.
      Smith, A. (1826). On the snakes of Southern Africa. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1: 248-254.
      Fraser, M. (2023). Reptiles and Amphibians of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations 13: 162–185. 14 March 2023.
      O’Shea, M. (2018). The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London,.
      Broadley, D. G. (1962). On some reptile collections from the North-Western and North-Eastern Districts of Southern Rhodesia 1958-1961, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occ. Pap. Nat. Mus. South. Rhodesia 26 (B): 787-843.
      Broadley, D. & Blaylock. (2013). The Snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 387 Pp. [Book Review in Sauria 35 (2): 59 and Copeia 2014: 388].
      Haagner, G. V., & Branch, W. R. (1995). Geographical Distribution - Bitis atropos. African Herp News (23): 48-49.
      Fleck, & Jürgen. (2015). Klein, aber fein: Beobachtungen an der Zwergbitis Bitis atropos. Terraria-Elaphe 2015 (6): 70-74.
      CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON. (2019). Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045.

      Citation

      Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) in undefined