Causus rhombeatus (Lichtenstein, 1923)
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13238919 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E2D87A6-FF95-FFC5-D58A-FC854A1FFA2E |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe (2024-07-03 21:20:31, last updated 2024-08-06 15:10:44) |
|
scientific name |
Causus rhombeatus (Lichtenstein, 1923) |
| status |
|
Causus rhombeatus (Lichtenstein, 1923) View in CoL
Rhombic Night Adder ( Fig. 36 View Fig )
Material: Photographic record from Handa Farm (J. Traguedo, HF).
Comment: The taxonomy of night adders in Angola has long been confusing (Branch 2018). Causus bilineatus was described from a variety of C. rhombeatus by Boulenger (1905), but synonymies and species validity remained problematic until a recent revision by Rasmussen (2005), who reassessed C. bilineatus and related species, mapped the geographic distribution of Angolan night adders, and provided a key to the genus. Scale counts could not be made on the specimen from Handa Farm, although the photographed snake had a very conspicuous V-shaped marking on the head, 25 well-separated dark conspicuous rhombic vertebral markings occasionally with a white contour against a paler background, and lacked dorsolateral stripes ( Fig. 36 View Fig ). It was therefore assigned to C. rhombeatus , which is widespread in Angola ( Rasmussen 2005; Marques et al. 2018).
Boulenger GA. 1905. A list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 7, 16: 8 - 115.
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.
Rasmussen J. 2005. On the identification and distribution of the two-striped night adder (Causus bilineatus) and related forms. African Journal of Herpetology 54 (1): 1 - 15.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.