Rasmussen’s Night Adder

( Kasanka night adder )

  • Causus rasmusseni
  • IUCN Status: Data Deficient
  • Threat: Very deadly
  • Venom/Toxin: cytotoxic venom
  • Trend: uncomfirmed
  • Avg. Population: unknown
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Reptilia
  • Order: Squamata
  • Family: Viperidae
  • Genus: Causus
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General Information

The rasmusseni’s night adder or Kasanka national park night adder is a new species that was recently identified in North western province of Zambia. It is endemic to Zambia though might possibly occur in Angola and the DRC.

Conservation

It is categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as, ” Data Deficient ” due to very little information being available.

Distribtion & Habitat

Occurs in moist Miombo woodland and possibly in other broad-leafed savanna. This viper species was described from two specimens from north-western Zambia, and potentially occurs in Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Giant one horned Chameleon

Barotse Shovel-snout Frog

Tropical Spiny Agama

Ukinga Hornless Chameleon

Rasmussen’s Night Adder

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