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Red adder
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bitis
Species:	B. rubida
Binomial name
	Bitis rubida; Branch, 1997
Synonyms
	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.

Taxonomy

Bitis rubida was described as a new species in 1997 by William Roy "Bill" Branch. Prior to that time, specimens of this snake had been identified as belonging to several other species and subspecies of the genus Bitis (see "Synonyms" in "Taxobox"). The type locality given is "Jeep track above Farm Driehoek, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa; 32°25'44"S, 19°12'30"E, alt. 1380 m [4,528 ft]; 3219AC."^[2]

The common name is "red adder".^[4]

Description

Maximum recorded total lengths (body + tail) are 41.9 cm (16.5 in) for females and 37.7 cm (14.8 in) for males.^[4]

Distribution and habitat

Several isolated populations are found in the northern Cape Fold Mountains and inland escarpment in Western Cape Province, South Africa.

References

↑ 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.

External links

Bitis rubida at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 November 2007.
Bitis rubida image at ARKive, Reptiles. Accessed 2 October 2006.

[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 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.

[McD99-2] 1 2 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).

[ITIS-3] "Bitis rubida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 July 2006.

[Mal03-4] 1 2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.

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