Namaqua dwarf adder  (Bitis schneideri)

Authenticated (15/12/2005) by Dr. Tony Phelps, Squamate Ecologist and founder of the Cape Reptile Institute.
http://www.crepinstitute.co.za/

• Genus: a category used in taxonomy, which is below ‘family’ and above ‘species’. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a ‘binomial’ Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
• Vertebrates: animals with a backbone.
• Vivipary: giving birth to live young that have already reached an advanced stage of development.

1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
2. TIGR Reptile Database- Family Viperidae (April, 2008)
   http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/families/Viperidae.html
3. Snakes alive (March, 2004)
   http://members.tripod.com/wellsking/Worldrec8.htm
4. Phelps, T. (2005) Pers. comm.