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Atheris chlorechis

Index Atheris chlorechis

Atheris chlorechis is a venomous viper species found only in the forests of West Africa. [1]

33 relations: Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune, Benin, Cameroon, Dorsal scales, Edward Drinker Cope, Equatorial Guinea, Forest, Gabon, George Albert Boulenger, George Cansdale, Ghana, Giorgio Jan, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hermann Schlegel, Ivory Coast, Jonathan A. Campbell, Liberia, List of viperine species and subspecies, Lizard, Nigeria, Rodent, Sierra Leone, Snakebite, Species, Subspecies, Togo, Tree frog, Type (biology), Venomous snake, Viperinae, West Africa, Wilhelm Peters.

Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune

Alphonse Amédée Trémeau de Rochebrune was a French botanist, malacologist and a zoologist.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Cameroon

No description.

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Dorsal scales

In snakes, the dorsal scales are the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales.

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea (Guinea Ecuatorial, Guinée équatoriale, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (República de Guinea Ecuatorial, République de Guinée équatoriale, República da Guiné Equatorial), is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Gabon

Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic (République gabonaise), is a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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George Cansdale

George Soper Cansdale (29 November 1909 – 24 August 1993) was a British zoologist, writer and broadcaster.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Giorgio Jan

Giorgio Jan (21 December 1791 in Vienna – 8 May 1866, Milan) was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer.

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Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a country on the western coast of Africa.

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Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (República da Guiné-Bissau), is a sovereign state in West Africa.

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Hermann Schlegel

Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.

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Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a sovereign state located in West Africa.

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Jonathan A. Campbell

Jonathan Atwood Campbell (born 13 May 1947) is an American herpetologist.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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List of viperine species and subspecies

This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as viperines, true vipers, pitless vipers or Old World vipers.

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Lizard

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa.

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Snakebite

A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.

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Togo

Togo, officially the Togolese Republic (République Togolaise), is a sovereign state in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north.

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Tree frog

A tree frog is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached.

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Venomous snake

Venomous snakes are species of the suborder Serpentes that are capable of producing venom, which is used primarily for immobilizing prey and defense mostly via mechanical injection by fangs.

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Viperinae

The Viperinae, or viperines, are a subfamily of venomous vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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Wilhelm Peters

Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheris_chlorechis

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