Vipera graeca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 graeca

Name

Vipera graeca Nilson & Andrén, 1988

• Holotype: GNM Re. ex. 4942, adult ♀, collected by G. Nilson & C. Andrén in 1988.
• Type locality: Peristeri, “Lakmos mountains in southern Pindos mountain range, Greece ... at 1900m altitude”.
• Paratypes: GNM Re. ex. 6823 (six newborn), GNM Re. ex. 6849 (ZIG 146), GNM Re. ex. 6850 (ZIG 147), GNM Re. ex. 6851 (ZIG 142) + GNM ZIG 145, all same data as the holotype.

Combinations

• Vipera ursinii graeca Nilson & Andrén, 1988: 311 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Vipera graeca — Mizsei, Jablonski, Roussos, Dimaki, Ioannidis, Nilson & Nagy, 2017: 83 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Nilson, G. & Andrén, C. 1988. A new subspecies of the subalpine meadow viper, Vipera ursinii (Bonaparte) (Reptilia, Viperidae), from Greece. Zoologica Scripta 17(3): 311–314. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00106.x Reference page. 
• Mizsei, E., Jablonski, D., Roussos, S.A., Dimaki, M., Ioannidis, Y., Nilson, G. & Nagy, Z.T. 2017. Nuclear markers support the mitochondrial phylogeny of Vipera ursinii–renardi complex (Squamata: Viperidae) and species status for the Greek meadow viper. Zootaxa 4227(1): 75–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.4 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ferchaud, A.-L., Ursenbacher, S., Cheylan, M., Luiselli, L., Jelić, D., Halpern, B., Major, Á., Kotenko, T., Keyan, N., Behrooz, R., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Tomović, L., Ghira, I., Ioannidis, Y., Arnal, V. & Montgerald, C. 2012. Phylogeography of the Vipera ursinii complex (Viperidae): mitochondrial markers reveal an east–west disjunction in the Palaearctic region. Journal of Biogeography 39(10): 1836–1847. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02753.x Reference page. 
• Zinenko, O., Stümpel, N., Mazanaeva, L., Bakiev, A., Shiryaev, K., Pavlov, A., Kotenko, T., Kukushkin, O., Chikin, Y., Duisebayeva, T., Nilson, G., Orlov, N.L., Tuniyev, S., Ananjeva, N.B., Murphy, R.W. & Joger, U. 2015. Mitochondrial phylogeny shows multiple independent ecological transitions and northern dispersion despite of Pleistocene glaciations in meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera ursinii and Vipera renardi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 85–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.005 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Vipera graeca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 December 2017.
• Mizsei, E., Szabolcs, M., Dimaki, M., Roussos, S.A. & Ioannidis, Y. 2018. IUCN: Vipera graeca  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T53789650A53790137. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T53789650A53790137.en. Accessed on 05 May 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Greek Meadow Viper