Vipera monticola

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 monticola

Name

Vipera monticola Saint-Girons, 1953

• Syntypes: ZMA 11154.
• Type locality: Massif du Toubkal, Haut Atlas, Morocco, 2800 m.

Synonymy

• Vipera latastei montana Saint-Girons, 1953 (sec. homonym)
• Vipera latastei monticola — Saint-Girons, 1954 (replacement name)
• Vipera monticola — Beerli, Billing & Schätti, 1986
• Vipera latasti monticola — Sochurek, 1979
• Vipera (Rhinaspis) monticola — Obst, 1983

References

Primary references

• Saint-Girons, H. 1953. Une vipère naine: Vipera latastei montana. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 78: 24–28.
• Saint-Girons, H. 1954. Note rectificative au sujet de Vipera latastei montana, n. subsp. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 78: 475.

Additional references

• Beerli, P., Billing, H. & Schätti, B. 1986. Taxonomischer Status von Vipera latasti monticola Saint Girons 1953 (Serpentes, Viperidae). Salamandra 22: 101–104.
• Sochurek, E. 1979. Die Schlangen Nordafrikas. Mitteilungen Zoologischen Gesellschaft Braunau 3 (8/9): 219–226.
• Obst, F.J. 1983. Zur Kenntnis der Schlangengattung Vipera. Zoologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 38: 229–235.
• McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A., and T. A. Touré, 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp, ISBN 1893777014
• Venchi, A. & Sindaco, R. 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" XCVIII: 259–364.
• Freitas, I., Fahd, S., Velo-Antón, G., Martínez-Freiría, F. 2018. Chasing the phantom: biogeography and conservation of Vipera latastei-monticola in the Maghreb (North Africa). Amphibia-Reptilia 39(2): 145–161. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-17000197 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera monticola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 July 2022.
• Miras, J.A.M., Joger, U., Pleguezuelos, J., Slimani, T. & El Mouden, H. 2006. IUCN: Vipera monticola  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61593A12504634. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61593A12504634.en. Accessed on 15 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Viper

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