Many-horned adder

Many-horned adder
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bitis
Species:	B. cornuta
Binomial name
	Bitis cornuta; (Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms
	Vipera cornuta Daudin, 1803; Vip[era]. lophophris ; Cuvier, 1829; Vip[era]. lophophrys ; — Wagler, 1830; Vipera lophophris ; — Gray, 1831; Cerastes cornuta ; — Gray, 1842; Vipera (Echidna) atropoides A. Smith, 1846; Vipera atropoides ; — A. Smith, 1846; Clotho cornuta — Gray, 1849; Cerastes lophophrys ; — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &; A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; V[ipera]. (Cerastes) cornuta ; — Jan, 1863; Vipera (Clotho) cornuta ; — Higgins, 1873; Bitis cornuta ; — Boulenger, 1896; Bitis cornuta cornuta ; — Bogert, 1940;

The many-horned adder (Bitis cornuta) is a viper species. It is found in certain rocky desert areas, mostly along the Atlantic coast of southern Africa, in western South Africa and southwestern Namibia. It has characteristic tufts of "horns" above each eye. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized.