Vipera ammodytes meridionalis

Vipera ammodytes meridionalis
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. meridionalis
Trinomial name
Vipera ammodytes meridionalis
Boulenger, 1903
Synonyms
  • Vipera ammodytes var. meridionalis - Boulenger, 1903
  • Vipera meridionalis - Bolkay, 1920
  • Vipera meridionalis var. connectens - Bolkay, 1920
  • Vipera ammodytes meridionalis - Mertens & Müller, 1928
  • Pelias meridionalis - Reuss, 1930
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) ammodytes meridionalis - Obst, 1983[1]
Common names: eastern sand viper.[2]

Vipera ammodytes meridionalis is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found in Greece and Turkish Thrace.[4]

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Description

According to Boulenger (1913): "Naso-rostral shield never reaching the canthus rostralis and but rarely extending higher up than the upper border of the rostral, which is often as deep as broad, or a little deeper than broad; rostral appendage clad with fourteen to twenty scales, in four or five (rarely three) transverse series between the rostral shield and the apex. Supraciliary edge usually more prominent than in the typical form, sometimes slightly angular. Dorsal scales in twenty-one rows (very rarely twenty-three). Ventral shields 133 to 147; subcaudals 24 to 35. A more or less distinct blotch on the lower lip, involving five or six labial shields without interruption. Lower surface of end of tail yellow."[5]

Geographic range

Greece (incl. Corfu and other islands) and Turkish Thrace[4]

See also

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 meridionalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635291. Retrieved 11 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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