Vipera latastei

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 (3 + †1): V. l. arundana – †V. l. ebusitana – V. l. latastei – V. l. gaditana

Name

Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.21.5 (formerly BMNH 1920.1.20.252), ♀, collected by F. Lataste in November 1878. [designated by Saint-Girons (1977: 606)]
Type locality: “Burgos”, “Ciudad Real” and “Valencia del Cid”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Ciudad Real” by Sain-Girons (1977: 606).

Synonymy

Vipera latasti Boscá, 1878: 121 [original spelling, lapsus calami]
Vipera latastei — Boscá, 1879: 76 [justified emendation]
Vipera latastii — Boulenger, 1896: 484 [unjustified emendation]

Native distribution areas

Portugal
Spain

References

Primary references

Boscá, E. 1878. Note sur une forme nouvelle ou peu connue de Vipère. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 3: 116–121. BHL
Boscá, E. 1879. Las Víboras de España. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 9: 65–86. BHL
Saint-Girons, H. 1977. Systématique de Vipera latastei latastei Bosca, 1878 et description de Vipera Iatastei gaditana, subsp. n. (Reptilia, Viperidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84: 599–607. BHL

Additional references

McDiarmid, R.W., Campbell, J.A. & Touré, T.A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. Herpetologists’ League: Washington, Dictrict of Columbia. 511 pp. ISBN 9781893777002 Reference page.
Velo-Antón, G., Godinho, R., Harris, D.J., Santos, X., Martínez-Freiría, F., Fahd, S., Larbes, S., Pleguezuelos, J.M. & Brito, J.C. 2012. Deep evolutionary lineages in a Western Mediterranean snake (Vipera latastei/monticola group) and high genetic structuring in Southern Iberian populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(3): 965–973. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.016 Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
Martínez-Freiría, F., Freitas, I., Zuffi, M.A.L., Golay, P., Ursenbacher, S. & Velo-Antón, G. 2020. Climatic refugia boosted allopatric diversification in Western Mediterranean vipers. Journal of Biogeography 47(8): 1698–1713. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13861 Reference page.
Martínez-Freiría, F., Freitas, I., Velo-Antón, G., Lucchini, N., Fahd, S., Larbes, S., Pleguezuelos, J.M., Santos, X. & Brito, J.C. 2021. Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in the Vipera latastei–monticola complex. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2278–2306. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12534 Reference page.
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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera latastei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 July 2022.
Mateo Miras, J.A., Cheylan, M., Saïd Nouira, M., Joger, U., Sá-Sousa, P., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Vipera latastei (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61592A12503848. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61592A12503848.en. Accessed on 14 July 2022.

Vernacular names

català: Escurçó iberic
Deutsch: Stülpnasenotter
English: Lataste's Viper
español: Vibora hocicuda
euskara: Lataste sugegorria
galego: víbora fuciñuda
polski: Żmija iberyjska
português: Víbora-cornuda
Türkçe: Lataste engereği

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