This article is about the snake native to Africa. For the snake native to North America, see Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen.
Red adder
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Viperidae
Genus:
Bitis
Species:
B. rubida
Binomial name
Bitis rubida
Branch, 1997
Synonyms[2]
Bitis inornata — FitzSimons, 1946 (part)
Bitis cornuta albanica — FitzSimons, 1962 (part)
Bitis cornuta cornuta — Haacke, 1975 (part)
Bitis cornuta cornuta — Visser, 1979 (part)
Bitis caudalis — Visser, 1979 (part)
Bitis cornuta inornata — Broadley, 1983 (part)
Bitis inornata — Branch, 1988 (part)
Bitis cornuta albanica — Broadley, 1990 (part)
Bitis inornata — M. Burger, 1992 (part)
B[itis]. cornuta albanica — M. Burger, 1992 (part)
B[itis]. inornata — M. Burger, 1993 (part)
B[itis]. cornuta albanica — M. Burger, 1993 (part)
Bitis inornata — Spawls & Branch, 1995 (part)
Bitis inornata — Branch & Bauer, 1995 (part)
Bitis rubida Branch, 1997
The red adder (Bitis rubida) is a viper species found only in Western Cape Province, South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognised.[3] Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
^Maritz, B.; Turner, A.A. (2018). "Bitis rubida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22475225A115666792. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22475225A115666792.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^McDiarmid RW, 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).
^"Bitis rubida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
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