Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)

Fig. 10 e

Records.

Basecamp 1 [- 13.7770, 13.2591, 1488 m] ( UF 187211); vic. N’Dolondolo [- 13.8105, 13.1361, 291 m] ( CAS 263028), [- 13.8109, 13.1351, 705 m] ( CAS 263032); N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( INBAC / AMB 10279, 10298); Catchi, rock outcrops near basecamp [- 13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001537, 001538), [- 13.7659, 13.2582, 1671 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001539); Catchi, basecamp [- 13.7627, 13.2562, 1597 m] (MUNHAC / MB 03 - 001540, 001541).

Comments.

This species is restricted to southwestern Angola and northern Namibia ( Marques et al. 2018). It is relatively common across its range, where it is usually found during the day in rocky outcrops.

Figures

Figure 10. a Python natalensis (skin) b Bitis (Macrocerastes) gabonica c Causus nasalis d Boaedon variegatus e Hemirhagerrhis viperina f Lycophidion hellmichi g Psammophis subtaeniatus. Photographs by LMPC (a, c, f); AT (d, e, g) and DP (b).