| Bitis inornata | |
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| Original illustration from A. Smith, 1838. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Bitis |
| Species: | B. inornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bitis inornata (A. Smith, 1838) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Bitis inornata is a venomous viper species found only in Cape Province, South Africa. [1] [2] [3] No subspecies are currently recognized. [3] [4]
Common names for this species include plain mountain adder, hornless adder, [5] [6] and Cape puff adder. [7]
Adults of Bitis inornata average 25–40 cm (9.8–15.7 in) in total length (including tail), with a maximum recorded total length of 45 cm (18 in). [5]
Bitis inornata is endemic to Cape Province, South Africa. [1]
An isolated population exists on the Sneeuberg, eastern Cape Province, South Africa. [2]
The type locality is listed as "Sneeuwbergen, or Snow Mountains, ... immediately behind the village of Graaff Raynet" (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). [2]
Spawls and Branch (1995) described it as known only from two isolated populations in southern Cape Province in South Africa: the first in the east, limited to the montane grassland of the Sneeuberge, from north of Graaff-Reinet to Cradock. A second population was discovered relatively recently on the upper slopes of the Cederberg in the west. [6]
The species Bitis inornata is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List. [1]
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