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Atheris broadleyi LAWSON, 1999

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAtheris broadleyi LAWSON 1999
Atheris squamigera HALLOWELL (1854) (part.)
Atheris broadleyi — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Atheris broadleyi — LIVIGNI 2013: 287
Atheris broadleyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 61 
DistributionCameroon (East Province), Central African Republic, Nigeria, Congo (Brazzaville)

Type locality: vicinity of Lipondji village, East Province, Cameroon (2° 23' 05"N, 15° 25' 41" E)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: UTA R37801 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4334 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! Has been considered a colour morph of A. squamigera by PERRET & MERTENS 1957 and BROADLEY 1998.

Distribution: Has been erronously reported from Gabon (fide PAUWELS & BRANCH 2003).

Habitat: trees (arboreal) 
EtymologyNamed in honor of Donald G. Broadley (1932-2016), famous African herpetologist. See Bates & Branch 2018 for an obituary. 
References
  • Bates, Michael F. & William R. Branch 2018. End of an era for African Herpetology—An obituary for a remarkable man: Donald George Broadley (29 May 1932 – 10 March 2016). African Journal of Herpetology, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2018.1437085 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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. - get paper here
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Chippaux,J.P. 2006. Les serpents d’Afrique occidentale et centrale. Paris (IRD editions), 311 pp.
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - get paper here
  • Dehling, J. M. & D. M. Dehling 2012. Dzanga-Sangha. Auf Froschsuche zwischen Elefanten und Gorillas. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (98): 99-109 - get paper here
  • Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 pp. - get paper here
  • Ernst, R. & Rödel, M. O. 2002. A new Atheris species (Serpentes: Viperidae), from Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. The Herpetological Journal 12: 55-61 - get paper here
  • Lawson 1999. A new species of arboreal viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Atheris) from Cameroon, Africa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112 (4): 793-803 - get paper here
  • LiVigni, F. (ed.) 2013. A Life for Reptiles and Amphibians, Volume 1. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 495 pp. - get paper here
  • 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]
  • Pauwels, O.S.G., and Branch, W.R. 2003. Book Review: Les Serpents d’Afrique Occidentale et Centrale, 2nd ed. Herpetological Review 34 (3): 272-274 - get paper here
  • Perret, J. L. & MERTENS,R. 1957. Étude d’une collection herpétologique faile au Cameroun de 1952 à 1955. Bulletin de l’Institute Français d’Afrique Noire (A) 19 (2): 548-601
  • Phelps, T. 2010. Old World Vipers. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 558 pp. [critical review in Sauria 33 (3): 19 and HR 43: 503]
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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