Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Snouted Night Adder
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Campbell & TourÉ 1999: 231 • Causus defilippii — Auerbach 1987: 205 • Causus defilippii — Mcdiarmid • Causus defilippii — Welch 1994: 41 • Heterodon de filippi Jan 1862: 225
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Type
: MSNTO R2894 Venomous!
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Causus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. bilineatus (Two-Lined Night Adder) · C. defilippii (Snouted Night Adder) · C. lichtensteinii (Forest Night Adder) · C. maculatus (Spotted Night Adder) · C. rhombeatus (Common Night Adder)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A comparative study of the herpetological faunae of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanganyika territory with descriptions of new species / by T. Barbour and A. Loveridge. 50 1928 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1928. url p. 135.
- Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 101, p. 521.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 37, p. 9.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 91 1942 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 243, p. 274, p. 278, p. 293, p. 299, p. 309, p. 32, p. 64, p. 7, p. 74.
- Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger. London, Trustees of the B.M., 1893-96. url p. 469.
- Fieldiana. 44 1965 [Chicago]: Chicago Natural History Museum, [1945?-. url p. 162.
- Phyletic analysis of fifty characters of advanced snakes [by] Hymen Marx and George B. Rabb. 63 1972 [Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History]1972. url p. 293, p. 300, p. 300.
- Poisonous snakes of the world: a manual for use by the U. S. amphibious forces / Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, [1968] url p. 186.
- The snakes of South Africa, their venom and the treatment of snake bite, by F.W. Fitzsimmons. .. Cape Town, T.M. Miller[1921] url p. 460, p. 461.
- The snakes of South Africa: their venom and the treatment of snake bite / by F. W. Fitzsimmons. Cape Town: T. M. Miller; c1912. url p. 458, p. 459.
- The viperid snake Azemiops: its comparative cephalic anatomy and phylogenetic position in relation to Viperinae and Crotalinae [by] Karel F. Liem, Hymen Marx, and George B. Rabb. 59 1971 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1971. url p. 123.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537430
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1443
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 634836
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133304
