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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: April 12th, 2025.


Taxonomy of the family Viperidae
Bibliography of the genus Montatheris
Biodiversity of the family Viperidae








Genus
Montatheris

Kenya Montane Viper

Ostafrikanische Bergotter

Kenyansk Bjerghugorm

1939 Hindius Reuss [nomen nudum (Broadley 1996)] (type species: Vipera hindii Boulenger 1910)
1996 Montatheris Broadley (type species: Vipera hindii Boulenger 1910)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Montatheris.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Montatheris hindii

Kenya Montane Viper, (Hind's Montane Viper)

Ostafrikanische Bergotter

Kenyansk Bjerghugorm

1910 Vipera hindii Boulenger
Bitis hindii Kramer 1961
Atheris hindii Marx & Rabb 1965
Montatheris hindii Broadley 1996

Distribution: Kenya.