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Bitis  Gray, 1842
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634420

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
             OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 -- Amphisbaenians, amphisbènes, lézards, Lizards, serpents, Snakes  
                SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 -- cobra, serpente, serpents, Snakes  
                   InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                      FamilyViperidae Oppel, 1811 -- Pit Vipers, Vipers  
                         SubfamilyViperinae Oppel, 1811  
                            GenusBitis Gray, 1842  
    Direct Children:  
                               Species Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820)  
                               Species Bitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                               Species Bitis caudalis (Smith, 1839)  
                               Species Bitis cornuta (Daudin, 1803)  
                               Species Bitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854)  
                               Species Bitis heraldica (Bocage, 1889)  
                               Species Bitis inornata (Smith, 1838)  
                               Species Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1792)  
                               Species Bitis parviocula Böhme, 1977  
                               Species Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger, 1888)  
                               Species Bitis rubida Branch, 1997  
                               Species Bitis schneideri (Boettger, 1886)  
                               Species Bitis worthingtoni Parker, 1932  
                               Species Bitis xeropaga Haacke, 1975  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
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  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  
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  Reference for: Bitis   
       

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Tue Feb 9 2010 05:44:58 MST