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| name = ''Bitis peringueyi''
| name = ''Bitis peringueyi''
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Bitis]]''
| genus = ''[[Bitis]]''
| species = '''''B. peringueyi'''''
| species = '''''B. peringueyi'''''
| binomial = ''Bitis peringueyi''
| binomial = ''Bitis peringueyi''
| binomial_authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], [[1888]])
| binomial_authority = (Boulenger, 1888)
| synonyms = * ''Vipera Peringueyi'' - Boulenger, 1888
| synonyms = * ''Vipera Peringueyi'' - Boulenger, 1888
* ''Bitis peringueyi'' - Boulenger, 1896
* ''Bitis peringueyi'' - Boulenger, 1896
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'''Common names:''' Peringuey's adder,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref><ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Bitis|species=peringueyi}}</ref> Peringuey's desert adder, sidewinding adder, <ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> [[Bitis peringueyi#Common names|more]].
'''Common names:''' Peringuey's adder,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref><ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Bitis|species=peringueyi}}</ref> Peringuey's desert adder, sidewinding adder, <ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> [[Bitis peringueyi#Common names|more]].
 
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'''''Bitis peringueyi''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] found in [[Namibia]] and southern [[Angola]]. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634958|taxon=Bitis peringueyi|year=2006|date=26 July}}</ref>
'''''Bitis peringueyi''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in Namibia and southern Angola. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634958 ''Bitis peringueyi'' (TSN 634958)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 5 April 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
The [[Namib Desert]] from southern [[Angola]] to Lüderitz, [[Namibia]]. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is given as "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia].<ref name="McD99"/>
The Namib Desert from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia. The type locality is given as "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia].<ref name="McD99"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://coloherp.org/cb-news/Vol-31/cbn-0403/DesertAdder.php Peringuey's Desert Adder (''Bitis peringueyi'')] at [http://coloherp.org/ The Colorado Herpetological Society]. Accessed [[2 October]] [[2006]].
* [http://coloherp.org/cb-news/Vol-31/cbn-0403/DesertAdder.php Peringuey's Desert Adder (''Bitis peringueyi'')] at [http://coloherp.org/ The Colorado Herpetological Society]. Accessed 2 October 2006.
* Reiserer RS, DeNardo DF. 2000. Natural history observations on ''Bitis peringueyi''. Cimbebasia 16: 195-198. [http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~r.s.reiserer/download/Reiserer&DeNardo2000.PDF PDF] at [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ Vanderbilt University]. Accessed [[2 October]] [[2006]].
* Reiserer RS, DeNardo DF. 2000. Natural history observations on ''Bitis peringueyi''. Cimbebasia 16: 195-198. [http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~r.s.reiserer/download/Reiserer&DeNardo2000.PDF PDF] at [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ Vanderbilt University]. Accessed 2 October 2006.


[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:CZ Live]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]

Revision as of 05:47, 5 April 2007

Bitis peringueyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Bitis
Species: B. peringueyi
Binomial name
Bitis peringueyi
(Boulenger, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Vipera Peringueyi - Boulenger, 1888
  • Bitis peringueyi - Boulenger, 1896
  • Bitis peringueyi - Golay et al., 1993[1]

Common names: Peringuey's adder,[2][3] Peringuey's desert adder, sidewinding adder, [4] more.  
 
Bitis peringueyi is a venomous viper species found in Namibia and southern Angola. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]

Description

A small snake with an average length of 20-25 cm and a maximum recorded length of 32 cm.[4]

Common names

Peringuey's adder,[2][3] Peringuey's desert adder, sidewinding adder, Namib dwarf sand adder,[4] dwarf puff adder.[3]

Geographic range

The Namib Desert from southern Angola to Lüderitz, Namibia. The type locality is given as "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia].[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Species Bitis peringueyi at the Species2000 Database
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  5. Bitis peringueyi (TSN 634958) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 5 April 2007.

External links