Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri

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[1]
Common names: (none).

Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri is a venomous viper subspecies [2] endemic to Austria and the former Yugoslavia.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Austria and the former Yugoslavia.[3]

See also

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]

References

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

Further reading

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