Synonyms

• Chloroechis Bonaparte, 1849: 145 [suppressed name]
  • Type species: none designated or included.
  • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1634 (1991: 84).
• Adenorhinos Marx & Rabb, 1965: 186 [synonymised by Lenk et al. (2001: 98)]
  • Type species: Atheris barbouri Loveridge, 1930, by original designation and monotypy.
• Poecilostolus Günther, 1863: 25 [synonymised by Günther (1863: 16)]
  • Type species: Poecilostolus burtonii Günther, 1863, by monotypy.

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Notes upon some Reptiles of the Old World. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 337–344. BHL Reference page. 

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1634. Atheris Cope, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(1): 84. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G. 1989. Case 2691: Atheris Cope, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation, and proposed confirmation of Vipera chlorechis Pel, 1851 as the valid name of the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(4): 264–266. BHL Reference page. 

• Broadley, D.G. 1996. A review of the tribe Atherini (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the descriptions of two new genera. African Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 40–48. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1996.9649964 Reference page. 

• Broadley, D.G. 1998. A review of the genus Atheris Cope (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the description of a new species from Uganda. Herpetological Journal 8(3): 117–136. PDF Reference page. 

• Lenk, P., Kalyabina, S., Wink, M. & Joger, U. 2001. Evolutionary relationships among the true vipers (Viperinae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19(1): 94–104. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0912 Reference page. 

• Ernst, R. & Rödel, M.-O. 2002. A new Atheris species (Serpentes: Viperidae), from, Tai National Park, Ivory Coast. Herpetological Journal 12(2): 55–61. PDF Reference page. 

• Branch, W.R. & Bayliss, J. 2009. A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 2113(1): 41–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.2 Reference page. 

• Menegon, M., Davenport, T.R.B. & Howell, K.M. 2011. Description of a new and critically endangered species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country’s tree viper fauna. Zootaxa 3120(1): 43–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3120.1.3 Reference page. 

• Menegon, M., Loader, S.P., Marsden, S.J., Branch, W.R., Davenport, T.R.B. & Ursenbacher, S. 2014. The genus Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) in East Africa: Phylogeny and the role of rifting and climate in shaping the current pattern of species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 12–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.007 Reference page. 

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• Ceríaco L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. The Bush Vipers, genus Atheris Cope, 1862 (Squamata: Viperidae) of Bioko Island, Gulf of Guinea, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4838(4): 581–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Atheris . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 May 2022.