Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri

Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri is a venomous viper subspecies [2] endemic to Austria and the former Yugoslavia.[3]

Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
V. ammodytes
Subspecies:
V. a. gregorwallneri
Trinomial name
Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri
Sochurek, 1974[1]

It has no common English name.

Geographic range

It is found in Austria and the former Yugoslavia.[3]

Taxonomy

Many authors, such as Golay et al. (1993) do not recognize this taxon and instead relegate it to the synonymy of V. a. ammodytes.[4]

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References
  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 August 2006.
  3. Strugariu A. 2006. The European Horn-Nosed Viper. VenomousReptiles.org.
  4. Vipera ammodytes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 August 2007.

Further reading
  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. 478 pp.
  • Sochurek E. 1974. Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri n. ssp. Herpet. Blätter, Wien [Vienna] (1).
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