Bitis heraldica (BOCAGE, 1889)

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Viperinae, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Angolan adder; Bocage's Horned Adder [after FRANK & RAMUS 1995]
Synonym	Vipera heraldica BOCAGE 1889 Bitis heraldica — HARDING & WELCH 1980 Bitis heraldica — WELCH 1994: 27 Bitis heraldica — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 364 Bitis heraldica — DOBIEY & VOGEL 2007
Distribution	C Angola Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Holotype: MB 2127 (destroyed).
Comment	Venomous! Sometimes considered to be synonymous with Bitis peringueyi BOULENGER 1896. Photo in KUCHARZEWSKI 2011. This species is hornless.
References	Bocage, J.V.B. de 1889. Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur une vipère apparemment nouvelle d'Angola. Journ. Sci., Lisboa (2), 2: 127-128 Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa/Giftschlangen Afrikas. Terralog 15, Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 150 pp. KUCHARZEWSKI, C 2011. OLD WORLD VIPERS. A natural history of the Azemiopinae and Viperinae von Tony PHELPS – Anmerkungen, Ergänzungen, Korrekturen. Sauria 33 (3): 19-42 McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Mertens, R. 1958. Bitis heraldica, eine oft verkannte Otter aus Angola. Senck. biol. 39 (3/4): 145-148 Phelps, T. 2010. Old World Vipers. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 558 pp. [critical review in Sauria 33 (3): 19 and HR 43: 503]
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