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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Montivipera |
Species: | M. xanthina
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Binomial name | |
Montivipera xanthina (Gray, 1849)
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Montivipera xanthina, known as the rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman viper,[4] and by other common names, is a viper species found in northeastern Greece and Turkey, as well as certain islands in the Aegean Sea. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]