Causus lichtensteinii

Causus lichtensteinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Causus
Species:
C. lichtensteinii
Binomial name
Causus lichtensteinii
(Jan, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspedilaps Lichtensteinii
    Jan, 1859
  • Causus lichtensteinii
    — A.H.A. Duméril, 1859
  • A[spedilaps]. (Causus) Lichtensteini
    — Jan, 1863
  • A[spedilaps]. Lichtensteini
    — Jan & Sordelli, 1873
  • Dinodipsas angulifera
    W. Peters, 1882
  • Causus lichtensteinii
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Causus lichtensteini
    — de Witte, 1962

Causus lichtensteinii is a viper species endemic to western, central, and eastern Africa.[2] There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[3][4] Like all other vipers, the species is venomous.

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