Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Proatheris Biodiversity of the family Viperidae Genus Proatheris Lowland Swamp Viper Afrikanische Sumpfviper Sumphugorm 1996 Proatheris Broadley (type species: Vipera superciliaris Peters 1854) Contents: 1 species, which is not 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 Proatheris. Compiled by V. Wallach Proatheris superciliaris Lowland Swamp Viper, Lowland Viper, Swamp Viper, Floodplain Viper, Eyebrow Viper, Domino-bellied Viper, (Peters' Viper) Afrikanische Sumpfviper Sumphugorm 1854 Vipera superciliaris Peters Bitis superciliaris Kramer 1961 Atheris superciliaris Marx & Rabb 1965 Proatheris superciliaris Broadley 1996 Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia. Proatheris superciliaris © Rune Midtgaard