NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Bitis
  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

      Subspecies - Bitis arietans arietans
      Subspecies - Bitis arietans somalica