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| name = ''Vipera aspis hugyi'' | | name = ''Vipera aspis hugyi'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]'' | | genus = ''[[Vipera]]'' | ||
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'''Common names:''' (none). | '''Common names:''' (none). | ||
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'''''Vipera aspis hugyi''''' is a | '''''Vipera aspis hugyi''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635254 ''Vipera aspis hugyi'' (TSN 635254)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 25 June 2007.</ref> found only in Italy.<ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=aspis}}</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Usually marked with a fused zigzag stripe and a distinctly raised snout. Specimens from | 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.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref> | ||
==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found only in Italy in Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and on Montecristo Island.<ref name="EMBL"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Common names: (none).
Vipera aspis hugyi is a venomous viper subspecies[2] found only in Italy.[3]
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
- Vipera aspis.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snakebite.
Cited references
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Vipera aspis hugyi (TSN 635254) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 25 June 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Species Vipera aspis at the Species2000 Database
- ↑ 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.