Bitis arietans Merrem, 1820

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 120

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scientific name	Bitis arietans Merrem, 1820
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Puff Adder

Material: NB713 (19); one photographic record and one specimen from Carmira Farm private collection.

Comment: Common and widespread in Angola, recorded from several localities ( Bocage 1895; Ferreira 1897; Schmidt 1933; Bogert 1940; Hellmich 1957; Laurent 1950, 1954, 1964; Thys van der Audenaerde 1967; Manaças 1981; Conradie et al. 2016), with few records from the southwest (Branch 2018; Marques et al. 2018). In Angola, it is widely known as “surucucu.”

References

Bocage JVB. 1895. Herpetologie d'Angola et du Congo. Imprimerie Nationale, Lisbonne, Portugal. 203 p.

Bogert CM. 1940. Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition with notes on African reptiles in other collections. I. Snakes, including an arrangement of African Colubridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77: 1 - 107.

Conradie W, Bills R, Branch WR. 2016. The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6 - 36 (e 126).

Ferreira JB. 1897. Lista dos reptis e amphibios que fazem parte da ultima remessa de J. d'Anchieta. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes Segunda serie 5: 240 - 246.

Hellmich W. 1957. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in Angola. Veroffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung Munchen 5: 1 - 92.

Laurent RF. 1950. Reptiles et batraciens de la region de Dundo (Angola du Nord-Est). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 10: 7 - 17.

Laurent RF. 1954. Reptiles et batraciens de la region de Dundo (Angola) (Deuxieme note). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 23: 35 - 84.

Laurent RF. 1964. Reptiles et amphibiens de l'Angola (Troiseme contribution). Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 67: 1 - 165.

Manacas S. 1981 Ofideos venenosos da Guine, S. Tome, Angola e Mocambique. Garcia de Orta: Serie de Zoologia 10 (1 / 2): 13 - 46.

Marques MP, Ceriaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM. 2018. Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola: atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840 - 2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.

Schmidt KP. 1933. The reptiles of the Pulitzer Angola expedition. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 22: 1 - 15.

Thys van den Audenaerde DFE. 1967. Les serpents des environs de Dundo (Angola). Note complementaire. Publicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 76: 31 - 37.