Bitis inornata facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bitis inornata |
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Bitis
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inornata
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- Common names: plain mountain adder, hornless adder. Cape puff adder.
Bitis inornata is a venomous viper species found only in Cape Province, South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Description
Adults of Bitis inornata average 25–40 cm (about 10–16 inches) in total length (including tail), with a maximum recorded total length of 45 cm (18 in).
Geographic range
Bitis inornata is endemic to Cape Province, South Africa.
An isolated population exists on the Sneeuberg, eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
The type locality is listed as "Sneeuwbergen, or Snow Mountains, ... immediately behind the village of Graaff Raynet" (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa).
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.
Conservation status
The species Bitis inornata is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List.
