Bitis schneideri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Bitis
- Species
- Bitis schneideri
- Scientific Name
- Bitis schneideri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bitis schneideri
- Common names: Namaqua dwarf adder, spotted dwarf adder, Schneider's adder.
Bitis schneideri is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to a small coastal region that straddles the border between Namibia and South Africa. B. schneideri is the smallest species in the genus Bitis and possibly the world's smallest viper. There are no subspecies that are currently recognized as being valid.
...Bitis schneideri in languages:
- Bokmål
- Namaquaviper
- Czech
- zmije Schneiderova
- English
- Namaqua Dwarf Adder
- English
- Namaqua Puff Adder
- German
- Schneiders Zwergpuffotter
- German
- Namaqua-Zwergpuffotter
- Russian
- Африканская гадюка Шнайдера
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