Species

Bitis cornuta

Bitis cornuta · described by (DAUDIN 1803)

Bitis cornuta

Artist's reconstruction.

Photo: Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.; Curtis, Charles M.; Day & Haghe; Ford, G. H.; Great Britain.; Macleay, William Sharp; Smith, Andrew; Stewart and Murray; Wagstaff, Charles Edward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Bitis cornuta
First described
(DAUDIN 1803)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Bitis

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

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