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

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dc.creatorMenegon, Michele
dc.creatorDavenport, Tim R. B.
dc.creatorHowell, Kim
dc.date2016-07-19T13:04:31Z
dc.date2016-07-19T13:04:31Z
dc.date2011-12
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T13:29:44Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T13:29:44Z
dc.descriptionA new species of arboreal forest viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Atheris) from a forest fragment in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania is described and named Atheris matildae sp. nov. The species resembles the forest horned viper, Atheris cer-atophora Werner, by bearing horn-like supraciliary scales but it differs in size, body proportions, scalation, scale ultra-structure, and distribution. Genetic divergence is also assessed and the two species have an estimated divergence time of approximately 2.2 million years. An overview of the genus Atheris in Tanzania, including new distribution data, is pre-sented and the conservation status of the new taxon is discussed
dc.identifierMenegon, M., Davenport, T.R. and 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, pp.43-54.
dc.identifier1175-5334
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3301
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3301
dc.languageen
dc.subjectViperidae
dc.subjectAtheris
dc.subjectNew species
dc.subjectSouthern Highlands
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectConservation
dc.titleDescription 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
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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