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Bitis peringueyi (BOULENGER, 1888)

IUCN Red List - Bitis peringueyi - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peringuey's Adder, Dwarf Puff Adder
G: Zwergpuffotter, Namibviper 
SynonymVipera 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 
DistributionNamibia, S Angola

Type locality: "Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay" [Namibia].  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: SAM ZR 1852, now possibly lost, according to Golay et al. 1993:263. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1614 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Photo on cover of Ophidia 2 (1) (2008). 
EtymologyNamed 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]
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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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