Atheris mabuensis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Atheris
Species: Atheris mabuensis
Name

Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009

Type locality: Main forest camp, Mount Mabu (16°17’12”S, 36°24’14”E, 1000 m elevation), Mozambique.

Holotype: PEM R17901.
References

Branch, W.R.; Bayliss, J. 2009: A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 2113: 41–54. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Atheris mabuensis, the Mount Mabu forest viper,[2] is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. It is endemic to Mozambique.[1][3]
Discovery

During his second reconnaissance visit to Mount Mabu (23–26 January 2006) Dr. Julian Bayliss found a very young forest viper in leaf litter on the floor of closed-canopy wet forest on Mount Mabu at approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft). On examination in the Port Elizabeth Museum (BayWorld, acronym PEM) herpetological collection by Prof. Bill Branch, the specimen was identified as a member of the genus Atheris, which had never previously been recorded from Mozambique and which, moreover, represented a substantial southern range extension for the genus.
References

Tolley, K.A.; Farooq, H.; Verburgt, L.; Alexander, G.J.; Conradie, W.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Atheris mabuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44980150A44980152. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44980150A44980152.en. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
Branch WR & Bayliss J (2009). "A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique". Zootaxa. 2113: 41–54.
Atheris mabuensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 September 2021.