Hemirhagerrhis viperina

Hemirhagerrhis viperina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Psammophiidae
Genus:	Hemirhagerrhis
Species:	H. viperina
Binomial name
Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)
Synonyms
Psammophylax viperinus (Bocage, 1873) Psammophylax nototaenia (Bocage, 1895) Amplorhinus nototaenia (Boulenger, 1896) Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia viperinus (Bogert, 1940) Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia viperina (Mertens, 1955) Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia viperinus (Bauer, 1993)

Hemirhagerrhis viperina, commonly known as the viperine rock snake or western bark snake, is a species of snake in the family Psammophiidae.[1] It is indigenous to areas within southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia.[2] It is partially arboreal. The nostrils of H. viperina has a vertical piercing in their nasal.[3][4]

References

1. "Hemirhagerrhis viperina". Reptile database. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
2. Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130
3. Broadley, D. G. (1997). A Review of Hernirhagerrhis Vipen'na (Bocage) (Serpentes: Colubridae), a Rupicolous Psarnmophine Snake, 1997(2), 161–169
4. Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71f>