Vipera ammodytes

Vipera ammodytes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera ammodytes
Subspecies (3): V. a. ammodytes – V. a. meridionalis – V. a. montandoni

Name

Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: UUZM 95.
• Type locality: “Oriente”.

Combinations

• Coluber ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758: 216 [original combination]
• Vipera ammodytes — Sonnini & Latreille, 1820 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Vipera aspis balcanica Buresh & Zonkov, 1934

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schweiger, Mario 1992. Die Europäische Hornotter Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758). Teil 1: Systematik, Ökologie und Lebensweise Herpetofauna 14 (77): 11–22

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Vipera ammodytes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 June 2022.
• Agasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B, Isailovic, J.C., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Sindaco, R., Böhme, W., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Tomović, L., Crochet, P.-A., Haxhiu, I., Joger, U., Sterijovski, B., Nilson, G. & Jelić, D. 2009. IUCN: Vipera ammodytes  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T62255A12584303. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T62255A12584303.en. Accessed on 07 June 2022.

Vernacular names

• български: Пепелянка
• brezhoneg: Naer-wiber gornek
• bosanski: Poskok
• čeština: Zmije růžkatá
• Deutsch: Europäische Hornotter
• Ελληνικά: οχιά
• English: Nose-horned Viper
• español: Víbora cornuda
• eesti: Nokisrästik
• euskara: Sugegorri sudurluze
• suomi: Hietakyy
• français: vipère cornue
• hrvatski: Poskok
• magyar: Homoki vipera
• italiano: Vipera dal corno
• 日本語: ハナダカクサリヘビ
• ქართული: ცხვირრქოსანი გველგესლა
• lietuvių: Ilganosė angis
• македонски: Поскок
• Nederlands: Zandadder
• polski: Żmija nosoroga
• русский: Носатая гадюка
• slovenščina: Modras
• српски / srpski: Поскок
• svenska: Sandhuggorm
• Türkçe: Boynuzlu engerek
• українська: Гадюка носата

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