Description

Atheris Nitschei Venom | Great Lakes Bush Viper Venom:

Atheris Nitschei Venom | Great Lakes Bush Viper Venom is extracted from a snake called Atheris Nitschei.

More details about Atheris Nitschei Venom | Great Lakes Bush Viper Venom:

Purity	> 99 %
Form	Lyophilized Powder
Packaging	In vacuum sealed glass vials, in secured parcel.

Taxonomic Classification:

Name	Atheris Nitschei
Common Name(s)	Great Lakes bush viper, Nitsche’s bush viper, Black and green bush viper, Nitsche’s tree viper, Sedge viper, Green viper, Bush viper.
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Family	Viperidae
Genus	Atheris
Species	A. nitschei

About Atheris Nitschei Snake:

Atheris nitschei is a species of venomous snake, a viper in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Africa. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.

Taxonomy:

The former subspecies Atheris nitschei rungweensis from southwestern Tanzania, northeastern Zambia and northern Malawi was elevated to species rank (Atheris rungweensis).

Etymology:

The specific name, nitschei, is in honor of German zoologist Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902).

The 1906 junior synonym, A. woosnami, was in honor of Kenyan game ranger Richard Bowen Woosnam (1880–1915), who later fought in World War I and was killed in action at Gallipoli.

Description:

Atheris nitschei is a relatively large and stout bush viper, growing to an average total length (including tail) of 60 cm (24 in) and a maximum total length of at least 80 cm (31 in).

The males are smaller than the females.

Geographic range:

Atheris nitschel is found in forests of the Central African Albertine Rift, in southern and eastern DR Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zambia.

The type locality is listed as “Mpororosumpf, Deutsch-Ost-Afrika” [Mpororo swamp, Tanzania-Rwanda border].

Habitat:

Preferred habitats of A. nitschei are wetland and meadow areas, and elephant grass marshes, along small streams, sometimes in scrub and bush in valleys at higher elevations, and in mountain forests up to the bamboo zone at 1,600–2,800 m (5,200–9,200 ft) altitude. It is common in papyrus reed around small lakes.

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