NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Viperinae
  Family - Viperidae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Atheris anisolepis
      Species - Atheris ceratophora
      Species - Atheris chlorechis
      Species - Atheris desaixi
      Species - Atheris hispida
      Species - Atheris katangensis
      Species - Atheris nitschei
      Species - Atheris squamigera
      Species - Atheris barbouri
      Species - Atheris acuminata
      Species - Atheris broadleyi
      Species - Atheris rungweensis
      Species - Atheris subocularis
      Species - Atheris hirsuta
      Species - Atheris mabuensis
      Species - Atheris matildae