Vipera berus bosniensis
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
| Animalia
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Phylum:
| Chordata
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Subphylum:
| Vertebrata
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Class:
| Reptilia
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Order:
| Squamata
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Suborder:
| Serpentes
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Family:
| Viperidae
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Subfamily:
| Viperinae
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Genus:
| Vipera
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Species:
| V. berus
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Trinomial name
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Vipera berus bosniensis Boettger, 1889
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Synonyms
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- Vipera berus var. bosniensis - Boettger In Mojsisovics, 1889
- Vipera berus var. pseudaspis - Schreiber, 1912
- Vipera coronis coronis - Reuss, 1927
- Vipera coronis leopardina - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum)
- Vipera coronis nigroides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum)
- Vipera coronis zamenoides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum)
- V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis - Reuss, 1927
- Mesocoronis coronis - Reuss, 1927
- V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis coronis - Reuss, 1927
- V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis leopardina - Reuss, 1927
- V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis nigroides - Reuss, 1927
- [Vipera (Mesocoronis)] coronis zamenoides - Reuss, 1927
- [Vipera] aspoides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum)
- Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides - Reuss, 1927
- Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides annulata - Reuss, 1927
- [Vipera] eimeri - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum)
- Vipera (Mesocoronis) eimeri - Reuss, 1927
- Vipera rudolphoides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum)
- Vipera (Mesocoronis) rudolphoides - Reuss, 1927
- V[ipera]. rudolphoides - Reuss, 1927
- V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) hybr. kochi - Reuss, 1927
- Mesocoronis coronis - Reuss, 1927
- Vipera (Mesocoronis) bosnensis - Werner, 1930
- Mesocoronis aspoides - Reuss, 1930
- Mesocoronis bosniensis atrobosniensis - Reuss, 1930
- Mesocoronis coronis nigroides - Reuss, 1930
- Mesocoronis coronis ornata - Reuss, 1930 (nomen nudum)
- Mesocoronis rudolphoides - Reuss, 1935
- Mesocoponis rudolphoides - Reuss, 1935
- V[ipera]. berus bosniensis - Schwarz, 1935
- Vipera (Mesocoronis) nigroides - Schwarz, 1936
- Mesocoronis pseudaspoides - Reuss, 1937
- Vipera (Vipera) berus bosniensis - Obst, 1983[1]
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- Common names: Balkan cross adder,[2] Bosnian viper.[3]
Vipera berus bosniensis is a venomous viper subspecies[4] found only on the Balkan Peninsula.[5]
Additional recommended knowledge
Geographic range
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, is has been considered a full species in recent literature.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Vipera berus bosniensis (TSN 635257). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 16 August 2006.
- ^ a b c 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.
Further reading
- Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy, Golray P, Schatti J-C, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. New York: Springer-Verlag. 393 pp.
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