Causus

Causus rhombeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Causus
Species (7): C. bilineatus – C. defilippii – C. lichtensteinii – C. maculatus – C. rasmusseni – C. resimus – C. rhombeatus

Name

Causus Wagler, 1830: 172

Type species: Sepedon rhombeata Lichtenstein, 1823, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Distichurus Hallowell, 1842
- Type species: Distichurus maculatus Hallowell, 1842, by monotypy.

Heterophis Peters, 1862
- Type species: Heterophis resimus Peters, 1862, by monotypy.

Dinodipsas Peters, 1882
- Type species: Dinodipsas angulifera Peters, 1882, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Broadley, D.G. 2014. A new species of Causus Lichtenstein from the Congo/Zambezi watershed in north-western Zambia (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(29): 341–350. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Causus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Krötenvipern
English: Night Adders
eesti: Kärnrästik
עברית: צפע לילי
Nederlands: Padadders
norsk: Nattvipere
русский: Жабьи гадюки
українська: Жаб'яча гадюка
中文: 夜蝰屬

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