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rough-scaled bush viper (Atheris hispida)
| Subject: | rough-scaled bush viper (Atheris hispida)
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A Venomous African viper, photo taken 12 April, 2009
Date 12 April 2009
Author Bree Mc, soulsurvivor08 http://www.flickr.com/people/soulsurvivor08/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atheris_hispida.jpg
The rough-scaled bush viper, spiny bush viper, hairy bush viper, rough-scaled tree viper, feathered tree viper, African hairy bush viper or hairy viper (Atheris hispida) is a venomous viper species endemic to Central Africa. Atheris hispida is known for its extremely keeled dorsal scales that give it a bristly appearance.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Atheris
Species: Atheris hispida Laurent, 1955
Synonyms:
Atheris squamigera — Schmidt, 1923
Atheris squamiger — de Witte, 1933
Atheris squamigera squamigera — de Witte, 1941
Atheris hispidus — Laurent, 1955 |
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