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Bitis inornata

Species of snake

Species of snake

|Echidna inornata |A. Smith, 1838 |Clotho ? inornata |Gray, 1849 |Vipera inornata |Strauch, 1869 |Bitis inornata |Boulenger, 1896 |Bitis cornuta inornata |, 1968 |Bitis inornata |Branch, 1991

Bitis inornata is a venomous viper species found only in Cape Province, South Africa.

Common names

Common names for this species include plain mountain adder, hornless adder, and Cape puff adder.

Description

Adults of Bitis inornata average 25 – in total length (including tail), with a maximum recorded total length of 45 cm.

Geographic range

Bitis inornata is endemic to Cape Province, South Africa.

An isolated population exists on the Sneeuberg, eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

The type locality is listed as "Sneeuwbergen, or Snow Mountains, ... immediately behind the village of Graaff Raynet" (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa).

Spawls and Branch (1995) described it as known only from two isolated populations in southern Cape Province in South Africa: the first in the east, limited to the montane grassland of the Sneeuberge, from north of Graaff-Reinet to Cradock. A second population was discovered relatively recently on the upper slopes of the Cederberg in the west.

Conservation status

The species Bitis inornata is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

References

References

  1. Conradie, W.. (2022). "''Bitis inornata''".
  2. [[Roy Wallace McDiarmid. McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell. Campbell JA]], Touré T (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN. 1-893777-00-6 (series). {{ISBN. 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.{{ITIS|id=634955|taxon=''Bitis inornata ''|accessdate=3 February 2022}}
  4. Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. {{ISBN. 0-89464-877-2.
  5. Spawls, Stephen; [[William Roy Branch. Branch, Bill]] (1995). ''The Dangerous Snakes of Africa''. Dubai: Oriental Press / Ralph Curtis Books. 192 pp. {{ISBN. 0-88359-029-8.
  6. Brown JH (1973). ''Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes''. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. {{ISBN. 0-398-02808-7.
  7. {{NRDB species
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