Vipera berus bosniensis

Vipera berus bosniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Vipera
Species: V. berus
Subspecies: V. b. bosniensis
Trinomial name
Vipera berus bosniensis
Boettger, 1889
Synonyms
  • Vipera berus var. bosniensis Boettger In Mojsisovics, 1889
  • Vipera berus var. pseudaspis Schreiber, 1912
  • Vipera coronis coronis
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera coronis leopardina A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera coronis nigroides
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera coronis zamenoides A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Mesocoronis coronis
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis coronis
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis leopardina
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis nigroides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • [Vipera (Mesocoronis)] coronis zamenoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • [Vipera] aspoides
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides annulata
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • [Vipera] eimeri
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) eimeri — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera rudolphoides
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) rudolphoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) hybr. kochi A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) bosnensis [sic]
    — F. Werner, 1930 (ex errore)
  • Mesocoronis aspoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1930
  • Mesocoronis bosniensis atrobosniensis
    A.F. Reuss, 1930
  • Mesocoronis coronis nigroides — A.F. Reuss, 1930
  • Mesocoronis coronis ornata A.F. Reuss, 1930
    (nomen nudum)
  • Mesocoronis rudolphoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1935
  • Mesocoponis [sic] rudolphoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1935 (ex errore)
  • V[ipera]. berus bosniensis
    — Schwarz, 1935
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) nigroides — Schwarz, 1936
  • Mesocoronis pseudaspoides A.F. Reuss, 1937
  • Vipera (Vipera) berus bosniensis — Obst, 1983[1]
Common names: Balkan cross adder,[2] Bosnian viper.[3]

Vipera berus bosniensis is a venomous viper subspecies[4] endemic to the Balkan Peninsula.[5]

Geographic range

It is found only on the Balkan Peninsula.[5]

Taxonomy

McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. bosniensis as a subspecies of V. berus.[1] However, it has been considered a full species in recent literature.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ↑ Steward JW. 1971. The Snakes of Europe. Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Press (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). 238 pp. LCCCN 77-163307. ISBN 0-8386-1023-4.
  3. ↑ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  4. ↑ "Vipera berus bosniensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2006.
  5. 1 2 3 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.

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.
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