Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854)

Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount & Highlands, Bamenda, 2015, The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2), pp. 15-38 : 31

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13270281

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854)
status

 

Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854) View in CoL (two specimens)

Material: CamHerp 0336, 1205C (two specimens, Forest Reserve of Bali Ngemba, 5.825°N and 10.087°E, elev. 1,400 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002) GoogleMaps .

This semi-arboreal viper is an inhabitant of the dense forests that occur from sea level up to 1,900 m ( Broadley 1998). This is exceeded by Atheris nitschei , an East African species that occurs up to 2,700 m ( Phelps 2010).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Atheris

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