Vipera ammodytes

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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

[edit] Name

Vipera ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: "Oriente"

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

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