Vipera ammodytes

Vipera ammodytes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera ammodytes
Subspecies: V. a. ammodytes - V. a. meridionalis - V. a. montandoni

Name

Vipera ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: "Oriente"

Synonyms

• Coluber Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758: 216
• Vipera ammodytes — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 1414
• Vipera aspis balcanica Buresh & Zonkov, 1934
• Vipera aspis balcanica — Welch, 1994: 119
• Vipera ammodytes — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré , 1999: 390
• Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes — Venchi & Sindaco, 2006

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp.
• Schweiger, Mario 1992. Die Europäische Hornotter Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758). Teil 1: Systematik, Ökologie und Lebensweise Herpetofauna 14 (77): 11-22
• IUCN link: Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)
• Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) Report on ITIS
• Vipera ammodytes at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 Jule 2009.

Vernacular name

Deutsch: Europäische Hornotter
Ελληνικά: οχιά
Polski: Żmija nosoroga
Türkçe: Boynuzlu engerek

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