Taxonomy Profile: Bitis (Gray 1842)

Bitis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Bitis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Viperidae
Pit Vipers |
Vipers |
Subfamily : Crotalinae
Genus : Bitis
Bitis Direct Children(s):
Bitis arietans
(Merrem 1820)
Bitis atropos
(Linnaeus 1758)
Bitis caudalis
(A Smith 1839)
Bitis cornuta
(Daudin 1803)
Bitis gabonica
(A M C Duméril Bibron and A H A Duméril 1854)
Bitis heraldica
(Bocage 1889)
Bitis inornata
(A Smith 1838)
Bitis nasicornis
(Shaw 1802)
Bitis parviocula
(Böhme 1976)
Bitis peringueyi
(Boulenger 1888)
Bitis rubida
(Branch 1997)
Bitis schneideri
(Boettger 1886)
Bitis worthingtoni
(Parker 1932)
Bitis xeropaga
(Haacke 1975)
Bitis albanica
(Hewitt 1937)
Bitis armata
(A Smith 1826)
Bitis rhinoceros
(Schlegel 1855)
Bitis harenna
(Gower Wade Spawls Böhme Buechley Sykes and Colston 2016)
Bitis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Bitis
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Bitis
Bitis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Bitis: Comments