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.

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Description

Ecology and Behaviour

Diet

Reproduction

Conservation

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

Distribution and 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.

Interaction with humans

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