Vipera ammodytes montandoni

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Vipera ammodytes montandoni
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. montandoni
Trinomial name
Vipera ammodytes montandoni
Boulenger, 1904
Synonyms
  • Vipera ammodytes montandoni - Boulenger, 1904
  • Vipera ammodytes montandoni - Mertend & Müller, 1928
  • Vipera aspis balcanica - Buresch & Zonkov, 1934
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) ammodytes montandoni - 1983
  • Vipera ammodytes montandoni - Weinsten, Minton & Wilde, 1985[1]
Common names: transdanubian sand viper.[2]

Vipera ammodytes montandoni is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found in Bulgaria and southern Romania.[4]

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[edit] Description

According to Boulenger (1913): "Naso-rostral shield never reaching the canthus rostralis nor the summit of the rostral shield, which is deeper than broad (once and one seventh to once and a half); rostral appendage clad with ten to fourteen scales, in three (rarely two or four) transverse series between the rostral shield and the apex. Dorsal scales in twenty-one rows. Ventral shields 149 to 158; subcaudals 30 to 38. A more or less distinct blotch on the lower lip, involving five to seven labial shields without complete interruption. Lower surface of end of tail yellow."[5]

[edit] Geographic range

Bulgaria and southern Romania.[4]

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[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. ^ Steward JW. 1971. The Snakes of Europe. Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Press (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). 238 pp. LCCCN 77-163307. ISBN 0-8386-1023-4.
  3. ^ Vipera ammodytes montandoni (TSN 635292). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 12 August 2006.
  4. ^ a b Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  5. ^ Boulenger GA. 1913. The Snakes of Europe. London: Methusen & Co. Ltd. 145 pp. PDF at Skopelos Walks Accessed 12 August 2006.

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