Vipera aspis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

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Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera aspis
Subspecies: V. a. aspis - V. a. atra - V. a. francisciredi - V. a. hugyi - V. a. zinnikeri

Name

Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "Gallia"

Synonyms

• Coluber Aspis Linnaeus, 1758: 218
• Vipera Francisci Redi Laurenti, 1768
• Vipera aspis — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 1406
• Vipera aspis — Engelmann et al., 1993
• Vipera aspis — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 392
• Vipera (Vipera) aspis — 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.
• Zuffi, Marco A. 1999. Activity patterns in a viviparous snake, Vipera aspis (L.), from Mediterranean central Italy. Amphibia-Reptilia 20: 313-318
• IUCN link: Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)
• Vipera aspis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

Català: Escurçó pirinenc
Deutsch: Aspisviper
English: European asp
Español: áspid
Euskara: Aspis sugegorria
Français: Vipère aspic
Galego: Áspide
Italiano: Aspide
Lietuvių: Europinė angis
Nederlands: Aspisadder
日本語: アスプクサリヘビ
Polski: Żmija żebrowana
Suomi: Aspiskyy
Türkçe: Avrupa engereği

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