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Clotho (Bitis) (puff adder)
Taxonomy
Clotho (Bitis) was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.
It was reranked as Bitis by Boulenger (1896), Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Uetz (2005).
It was assigned to Clotho by Gray (1842); to Viperidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Viperinae by Boulenger (1896), Rage (1984), Uetz (2005).
It was reranked as Bitis by Boulenger (1896), Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Uetz (2005).
It was assigned to Clotho by Gray (1842); to Viperidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Viperinae by Boulenger (1896), Rage (1984), Uetz (2005).
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subg. Clotho (Bitis) Gray 1842 [puff adder]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. E. Gray 1842 | "scales over the nostril simple, ring-like" | |
| G. A. Boulenger 1896 | "Head very distinct from neck, covered with small imbricate scales; eye moderate or rather small, with vertical pupil, separated from the labials by small scales; nostrils directed upwards or outwards, pierced in a single or divided nasal, with a deep pit or pocket above, closed by a valvular, crescentic supranasal. Postfrontal bone very large, in contact with the ectopterygoid, which has an outer, hook-shaped process. Scales keeled, with apical pits, in 22-41 rows; laterl scales in some species slightly oblique; ventrals rounded. Tail very short; subcaudals in two rows." |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available