Atheris mabuensis

Atheris mabuensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Atheris
Species:	A. mabuensis
Binomial name
Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009 [2]

Atheris mabuensis, the Mount Mabu forest viper, ^[2] is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Mozambique. ^{[1] [3]}

Discovery

During his second reconnaissance visit to Mount Mabu (23–26 January 2006) Dr. Julian Bayliss found a very young forest viper in leaf litter on the floor of closed-canopy wet forest on Mount Mabu at approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft). On examination in the Port Elizabeth Museum (BayWorld, acronym PEM) herpetological collection by Prof. Bill Branch, the specimen was identified as a member of the genus Atheris, which had never previously been recorded from Mozambique and which, moreover, represented a substantial southern range extension for the genus.

References

1. Tolley, K.A.; Farooq, H.; Verburgt, L.; Alexander, G.J.; Conradie, W.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Atheris mabuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T44980150A44980152. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44980150A44980152.en . Retrieved 5 September 2021.
2. Branch WR & Bayliss J (2009). "A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique". Zootaxa. 2113: 41–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.2.
3. Atheris mabuensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2021.

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