Vipera aspis hugyi
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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. aspis
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Subspecies:
| V. a. hugyi
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Trinomial name
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Vipera aspis hugyi Schinz, 1833
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Synonyms
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- 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]
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- Common names: Southern Italian asp, [2] South-Italian asp viper,[3] more.
Vipera aspis hugyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] found only in Italy.[5]
Additional recommended knowledge
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.[6]
Common names
Southern Italian asp,[2] South-Italian asp viper,[3] Hugy's viper.[7] Previously, several other common name were used to described a subspecies that is now part of the synonymy of this form: Monte Cristo viper[2] or Monte Cristo asp viper[3] for Vipera aspis montecristi.
Geographic range
Italy: Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Montecristo Island.[5]
See also
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).
- ^ a b c Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Vipera aspis hugyi (TSN 635254). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 15 August 2006.
- ^ a b Vipera aspis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
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