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 - Crotalinae
  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 - Bitis arietans
      Species - Bitis atropos
      Species - Bitis caudalis
      Species - Bitis cornuta
      Species - Bitis gabonica
      Species - Bitis heraldica
      Species - Bitis inornata
      Species - Bitis nasicornis
      Species - Bitis parviocula
      Species - Bitis peringueyi
      Species - Bitis rubida
      Species - Bitis schneideri
      Species - Bitis worthingtoni
      Species - Bitis xeropaga
      Species - Bitis albanica
      Species - Bitis armata
      Species - Bitis rhinoceros
      Species - Bitis harenna