Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri

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Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. ammodytes
Subspecies: V. a. gregorwallneri
Trinomial name
Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri
Sochurek, 1974
Synonyms
  • Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri - Sochurek, 1974[1]
Common names: (none).

Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri is a of venomous viper subspecies [2] found mainly in Austria and the former Yugoslavia.[3]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in Austria and the former Yugoslavia.[3]

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[edit] Taxonomy

Many authors, such as Golay et al. (1993) do not recognize this taxon and instead relegate it to the synonymy of V. a. ammodytes.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri (TSN 635294). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 10 August 2006.
  3. ^ a b Strugariu A. 2006. The European Horn-Nosed Viper. VenomousReptiles.org.
  4. ^ Vipera ammodytes at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 3 August 2007.