Vipera latastei ebusitana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera latastei
Subspecies: †Vipera latastei ebusitana

Name

Vipera latastei ebusitana Torres-Roig, Alcover & Bailón in Torres-Roig et al., 2020: 154

• Holotype: IMEDEA 106587, complete middle trunk vertebra.
• Type locality and horizon: “Es Pouàs (Sant Antoni de Portmany, Eivissa, Pityusic Islands), grid square A2, level –110/–130 cm”.

References

Primary references

• Torres-Roig, E., Mitchell, K.J., Alcover, J.A., Martínez-Freiría, F., Bailón, S., Heiniger, H., Williams, M.P., Cooper, A., Pons, J. & Bover, P. 2021. Origin, extinction and ancient DNA of a new fossil insular viper: molecular clues of overseas immigration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192(1): 144–168. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa094 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Eivissan Dwarf Viper
español: Víbora enana de Ibiza