Vipera latastei gaditana

Vipera latastei gaditana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Serpentes;
Family:	Viperidae;
Subfamily:	Viperinae;
Genus:	Vipera;
Species:	V. latastei;
Subspecies:	V. l. gaditana;
Trinomial name
	Vipera latastei gaditana; Saint-Girons, 1977
Synonyms
	Vipera latastei gaditana - Saint-Girons, 1977;

Common names: (none).

Vipera latastei gaditana is a venomous viper subspecies^[2] found in southern Spain and Portugal, as well as in North Africa.^[3]

Description

Holotype: MG 1352.99.^[1]

V. l. gaditana.

According to Saint-Girons (1977), southern Spain and Portugal, as well as North Africa.^[3] McDiarmid et al. (1999) describe the north African part of the range as being the Mediterranean region of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The type locality is given as "Coto Doñana, Huelva, Egspagne."^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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 latastei gaditana (TSN 635260). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 17 August 2006.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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.

Saint-Girons H. 1977. Systématique de Vipera latastei latastei Bosca, 1878 et description de Vipera latastei gaditana, subsp. n. (Reptilia, Viperidae). Geneva: Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84:599-607