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Causus lichtensteinii (JAN, 1859)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Forest night adder 
SynonymAspidelaps lichtensteinii JAN 1859
Causus lichtensteinii – DUMÉRIL 1859
H(eterodon) lichtensteinii – JAN 1859
Dinodipsas angulifera PETERS 1882
Causus lichtensteinii – BOULENGER 1896: 470
Causus lichtensteinii — SCHMIDT 1923: 135
Causus lichtensteinii — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 231
Causus lichtensteinii — RÖDEL & MAHSBERG 2000
Causus lichtensteinii — DOBIEY & VOGEL 2007
Causus lichtensteinii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 151
Causus lichtensteinii — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 571
Causus lichtensteini — BRANCH et al. 2019
Causus lichtensteinii — PIETERSEN et al. 2021
Causus lichtensteini — SENTER & CHIPPAUX 2022 
DistributionKenya, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the N), Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Gabon, Guinea (Conakry), Angola, Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: Gold Coast  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: Lost, fide Golay et aI., 1993: 265. Not in NMBA, according to Hughes and Barry, 1969. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3439 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

The description by SCHMIDT (1923) is available online (see URL below).

Distribution: not listed for Togo by Segniagbeto et al. 2012. Not in Benin fide ULLENBRUCH et al. 2010, but probably Benin (Hughes 2013). For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780-1857), German-born physician and naturalist. 
References
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