Bitis inornata


Bitis inornata is a venomous viper species found only in Cape Province, South Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Common names

Common names for this species include plain mountain adder, hornless adder, and Cape puff adder.

Description

Adults of Bitis inornata average in total length, with a maximum recorded total length of.

Geographic range

Bitis inornata is endemic to Cape Province, South Africa.
An isolated population exists on the Sneeuberg, eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
The type locality is listed as "Sneeuwbergen, or Snow Mountains,... immediately behind the village of Graaff Raynet".
Spawls and Branch described it as known only from two isolated populations in southern Cape Province in South Africa: the first in the east, limited to the montane grassland of the Sneeuberge, from north of Graaff-Reinet to Cradock. A second population was discovered relatively recently on the upper slopes of the Cederberg in the west.

Conservation status

The species Bitis inornata is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List.