Bitis peringueyi (BOULENGER, 1888)

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Peringuey's Adder, Dwarf Puff Adder G: Zwergpuffotter, Namibviper
Synonym	Vipera peringueyi BOULENGER 1888: 141 Bitis peringueyi — WELCH 1994: 29 Bitis (Calechidna) peringueyi — LENK et al. 1999 Bitis peringueyi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 365 Bitis peringueyi — DOBIEY & VOGEL 2007 Bitis (Calechidna) peringueyi — WITTENBERG et al. 2014 Bitis peringueyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 94 Bitis (Calechidna) peringueyi — BARLOW et al. 2019
Distribution	Namibia, S Angola Type locality: "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia].
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: SAM ZR 1852, now possibly lost, according to Golay et al. 1993:263.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1614 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous! Photo on cover of Ophidia 2 (1) (2008).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Louis Albert Peringuey (1855-1924), a French entomologist and naturalist.
References	Barlow A, Wüster W, Kelly CMR, Branch WR, Phelps T, Tolley KA. 2019. Ancient habitat shifts and organismal diversification are decoupled in the African viper genus Bitis (Serpentes: Viperidae). J Biogeogr. 46: 1234– 1248 - 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 Boulenger,G.A. 1888. On new or little known South African reptiles. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 2: 136-141 - get paper here Brain, C.K. 1960. Observation on the locomotion of the South West African adder, Bitis peringueyi, with speculation on the origin of sidewinding. Annals Transvaal Mus. 24 (1): 19-24 - get paper here Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. 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 Cimatti, E. 2007. Namibia - Introduction to a vast territory. Reptilia (GB) (50): 58-67 - get paper here Cunningham, P., Maartens, L., & Prickett, M. 2018. A contribution to the reptiles of the Kunene River Mouth area. Namibian Journal Of Environment, 2, Section B, 1-8. Retrieved from - get paper here Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 pp. - get paper here Haacke, W.D. 1975. Description of a new adder (Viperidae, Reptilia) from Southern Africa, with a discussion of related forms. Cimbebasia (A) 4: 115-128 Herrmann, H. W.; Joger, U.; Lenk, P. & Wink, M. 1999. Morphological and molecular phylogenies of viperines: conflicting evidence? Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 21-30 - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Lenk,P.; Herrmann,H. W.; Joger,U. & Wink,M. 1999. Phylogeny and taxonomic subdivision of Bitis (Reptilia: Viperidae) based on molecular evidence. Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 31-38 - 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] Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Martínez del Mármol, G. 2020. The phenotypic variability of the Genus Bitis Gray 1842, with remarks in its resemblance to other vipers. In: Martínez, G., León, R., Jiménez-Robles, O., González De la Vega, J. P., Gabari, V., Rebollo, B., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Fernández-Cardenete, J. R., Gállego, J. (Eds.). Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco and Western Sahara - get paper here McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. O’Shea, M. 2018. The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London, - get paper here Phelps, T. 2010. Old World Vipers. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 558 pp. [critical review in Sauria 33 (3): 19 and HR 43: 503] Preißler, Dieter and Dieter Schmidt 2012. Zur Geschichte des Serum-Depot Berlin/Europe e. V. Draco 13 (51): 72-83 - get paper here Robinson, Michael D.;Hughes, David A. 1978. Observations on the natural history of Peringuey's adder, Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger) (Reptilia: Viperidae). Annals Transvaal Museum 31 (16): 189-193, 3 plates - get paper here Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp. Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp. VISSER, J. 2010. Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger, 1888) Mortality. African Herp News (52): 16-18 - get paper here Wagner, Philipp & Thomas M. Wilms 2010. A crowned devil: new species of Cerastes Laurenti, 1768 (Ophidia, Viperidae) from Tunisia, with two nomenclatural comments. Bonn Zool. Bull. 57 (2): 297–306 - get paper here 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. Wittenberg, Rod D. & Robert C. Jadin & Allyson M. Fenwick & Ronald L. Gutberlet Jr. 2014. Recovering the evolutionary history of Africa’s most diverse viper genus: morphological and molecular phylogeny of Bitis (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Org Divers Evol, DOI 10.1007/s13127-014-0185-3
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