Vipera latastei gaditana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vipera latastei gaditana

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. latastei
Subspecies: V. l. gaditana
Trinomial name
Vipera latastei gaditana
Saint-Girons, 1977
Synonyms
  • Vipera latastei gaditana - Saint-Girons, 1977[1]
Common names: (none).

Vipera latastei gaditana is a venomous viper subspecies[2] found in southern Spain and Portugal, as well as in North Africa.[3]

Contents

[edit] Description

Holotype: MG 1352.99.[1]

[edit] Geographic range

V. l. gaditana.
V. l. gaditana.

According to Saint-Girons (1977), southern Spain and Portugal, as well as North Africa.[3] McDiarmid et al. (1999) describe the north African part of the range as being the Mediterranean region of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The type locality is given as "Coto Doñana, Huelva, Egspagne."[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c 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 latastei gaditana (TSN 635260). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 17 August 2006.
  3. ^ 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.

[edit] Further reading

  • Saint-Girons H. 1977. Systématique de Vipera latastei latastei Bosca, 1878 et description de Vipera latastei gaditana, subsp. n. (Reptilia, Viperidae). Geneva: Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84:599-607

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Languages