Lebanon viper

Lebanon viper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Montivipera
Species:
M. bornmuelleri
Binomial name
Montivipera bornmuelleri
F. Werner, 1898
Synonyms
  • Lachesis libanotica
    Hemprich, 1827 (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera Bornmülleri
    F. Werner, 1898
  • Vipera lebetina var. bornmülleri
    — F. Werner, 1902
  • Coluber bornmülleri
    — Nikolsky, 1916
  • Vipera bornmülleri
    — F. Werner, 1922
  • Vipera bornmülleri
    — F. Werner, 1936
  • Vipera bornmuelleri
    — Mertens, 1967
  • Daboia (Daboia) raddei bornmuelleri
    — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera bonnmulleri
    Khole, 1991 (ex errore)
  • Vipera xanthina bornmuelleri
    — Golay et al., 1993[2]
  • Montivipera bornmuelleri
    — Garrigues et al., 2005[3]

The Lebanon viper (Montivipera bornmuelleri), also known as Bornmueller's viper,[4] is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae.[5] The species is native to Western Asia.[3] There are no recognized subspecies.[5]

  1. ^ Mousa Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Werner, Y. (2006). "Montivipera bornmuelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61445A12486224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61445A12486224.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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).
  3. ^ a b Species Montivipera bornmuelleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Vipera bornmuelleri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2006.