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Bitis rubida

Bitis rubida

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
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]

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Description

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

Geographic range

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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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).
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Bitis rubida (TSN 634959). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 26 July 2006.