Hemirhagerrhis viperina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Psammophiidae |
Genus: | Hemirhagerrhis |
Species: | H. viperina
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Binomial name | |
Hemirhagerrhis viperina (
Bocage, 1873)
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Synonyms | |
Psammophylax viperinus (Bocage, 1873) |
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]