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]

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.