Species

Atheris katangensis

Atheris katangensis · described by DE WITTE 1953

Atheris barbouri, a close relative of Atheris katangensis

Pictured: Atheris barbouri, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Fossil specimen.

Photo: (c) Ryan van Huyssteen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Atheris katangensis
First described
DE WITTE 1953
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Atheris

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree