Bitis rubida

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Bitis rubida

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Animalia

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Phylum:  | Chordata

Subphylum:  | Vertebrata

Class:  | Reptilia

Order:  | Squamata

Suborder:  | Serpentes

Family:  | Viperidae

Subfamily:  | Viperinae

Genus:  | Bitis

Species:  | B. rubida

Binomial name
Bitis rubida
Branch, 1997
Synonyms

* Bitis inornata \- FitzSimons, 1946
* Bitis cornuta albanica \- FitzSimons, 1962
* Bitis cornuta cornuta \- Haacke, 1975
* Bitis cornuta cornuta \- Visser, 1979
* Bitis caudalis \- Visser, 1979
* Bitis cornuta inorata \- Broadley, 1983
* Bitis inornata \- Branch, 1988
* Bitis inornata \- Branch, 1988 (!)
* Bitis cornuta albanica \- Broadley, 1990
* Bitis inornata \- M. Burger, 1992
* B[itis]. cornuta albanica \- M. Burger, 1992
* B[itis]. inornata \- M. Burger, 1993
* B[itis]. cornuta albanica \- M. Burger, 1993
* Bitis inornata \- Spawls & Branch, 1995
* Bitis inornata \- Branch & Bauer, 1995
* Bitis rubida \- Branch, 1997[1]

Common names: red adder.[2]

Bitis rubida is a venomous viper species found only in Western Cape Province, South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 See also
* 4 Cited references
* 5 External links

## Description[edit]

Maximum recorded lengths are 41.9 cm for females and 37.7 cm for males.[2]

## Geographic range[edit]

Several isolated populations in the northern Cape Fold Mountains and inland escarpment in Western Cape Province, South Africa. The type locality given is "Jeep track above Farm Driehoek, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; 32°25'44"S, 19°12'30"E, alt. 1380 m; 3219AC."[1]

## See also[edit]

* Bitis.
* List of viperine species and subspecies.
* True vipers - Common names.
* True vipers - Synonymy.
* Snakebite.

## Cited references[edit]

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 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.
3. ↑ Bitis rubida (TSN 634959) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 5 April 2007.

## External links[edit]

* Species Bitis rubida at the Species2000 Database.
* Bitis rubida image at ARKive, Reptiles. Accessed 2 October 2006.