Vipera aspis hugyi

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Vipera aspis hugyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. aspis
Subspecies: V. a. hugyi
Trinomial name
Vipera aspis hugyi
Schinz, 1833
Synonyms
  • Vipera Hugyi - Schinz, 1833
  • Vipera Hugyii - Schinz, 1833
  • Vipera Heegeri - Schreiber, 1875
  • V[ipera]. Hugii - Müller, 1880
  • Vipera aspis var. hugii - De Betta, 1883
  • Vipera aspis var. hugyi - Schreiber, 1912
  • Vipera latastei var. hugyi - Calabresi, 1924
  • Vipera aspis forma trans. rudolphi-italica - Reuss, 1924
  • Vipera aspis hugyi - Mertens & Müller, 1928
  • Rhinaspis (Latasteopara) ocellata hugii - Reuss, 1935
  • Vipera ammodytes hugyi - Schwarz, 1936
  • Vipera aspis montecristi - Mertens, 1956
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) aspis hugyi - Obst, 1983
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) aspis montecristi - Obst, 1983[1]

Common names: (none).  
 
Vipera aspis hugyi is a venomous viper subspecies[2] found only in Italy.[3]

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Description

Usually marked with a fused zigzag stripe and a distinctly raised snout. Specimens from Montecristo Island, sometimes referred to as V. a. montecristi, are similar, but with a reduced tendency for the dorsal markings to fuse.[4]

Geographic range

Found only in Italy in Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and on Montecristo Island.[3]

See also

Cited references

  1. ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ↑ Vipera aspis hugyi (TSN 635254) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 25 June 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Species Vipera aspis at the Species2000 Database
  4. ↑ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.


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