Vipera ursinii

Vipera ursinii
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2][note 1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
V. ursinii
Binomial name
Vipera ursinii
(Bonaparte, 1835)
Synonyms[3]
  • Coluber foetidus
    Güldenstädt In Georgi, 1801
  • Pelias Ursinii Bonaparte, 1835
  • [P[elias]. berus] Var. Ursinii
    — Cope, 1860
  • Pelias chersea vel Ursinii
    — Cope, 1860
  • Pelias Renardi Christoph, 1861
  • [Vipera berus] var. rákosiensis Méhelÿ, 1893
  • Vipera ursinii — Boulenger, 1893
  • Vipera renardi — Boulenger, 1893
  • Vipera ursinii var. rakosiensis Méhely, 1894
  • Vipera ursinii — Boulenger, 1896
  • Vipera renardi — Boulenger, 1896
  • Vipera macrops Méhely, 1911
  • Vipera ursinii macrops
    — Bolkay, 1924
  • Vipera (Pelias) ursinii forma trans. rudolphi A.F. Reuss, 1924
  • Acridophaga ursinii
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera ursinii ursinii
    — L. Müller, 1927
  • Coluber ursinoides
    Nikolsky, 1927
  • Peilas berus var. uralensis
    A.F. Reuss, 1929 (nomen nudum)
  • Acridophaga uralensis
    — A.F. Reuss, 1929
  • Vipera berus var. rakosiensis
    — F. Werner, 1929
  • A[cridophaga]. (renardi) eriwanensis A.F. Reuss, 1933
  • Vipera ursinii renardi
    — Schwarz, 1936
  • Vipera ursinii macrops
    — Schwarz, 1936
  • Acridophaga ursini
    — F. Werner, 1938
  • Vipera berus var. renardi
    — Başoğlu, 1947
  • Vipera ursinii rakosiensis
    — Knoepffler & Sochurek, 1955
  • Vipera ursinii ebneri
    Knoepffler & Sochurek, 1955
  • Vipera ursinii wettsteini
    Knoepffler & Sochurek, 1955
  • Vipera orsinii Ghidini, 1958
  • Vipera ursinii ursinii
    — Kramer, 1961
  • Vipera ursinii rudolphi
    Kramer, 1961
  • Acridophaga eriwanensis
    — Kramer, 1961
  • Vipera ursinii anatolica
    Eiselt & Baran, 1970
  • Vipera ursinii renardi
    — Saint-Girons, 1978
  • Vipera (Vipera) ursinii ursinii
    — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera (Vipera) ursinii macrops
    — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera (Vipera) ursinii rakosiensis — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera (Vipera) ursinii renardi
    — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera (Vipera) ursinii wettsteini
    — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera ursinii eriwanensis
    — Nilson, Andrén & Flärdh, 1988
  • Vipera ursinii graeca
    Nilson & Andrén, 1988
  • V[ipera]. ursinii rakoniensis
    — González, 1991
  • Vipera ursinii — Latifi, 1991
  • Vipera ursinii moldavica
    Nilson, Andrén & Joger, 1993
Common names: meadow viper, Ursini's viper,[4] meadow adder,[5] (more).

Vipera ursinii is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. It is a very rare species, which is in danger of extinction. This species is commonly called the meadow viper. It is found in France, Italy, and Greece as well as much of eastern Europe.[6] Several subspecies are recognized.[7] Beyond the highly threatened European population, poorly known populations exist as far to the east as Kazakhstan and northwestern China.

  1. ^ Joger, Ulrich, Jelka Crnobrnja Isailovic, Milan Vogrin, Claudia Corti, Bogoljub Sterijovski, Alexander Westerström, László Krecsák, Valentin Pérez Mellado, Paulo Sá-Sousa, Marc Cheylan, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Roberto Sindaco (2009). "Vipera ursinii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T22997A9406628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T22997A9406628.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  3. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ^ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  5. ^ Brown, John Haynes (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
  6. ^ "Snakes in France". Planete Passion.
  7. ^ Ferchaud, Anne-Laure; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Cheylan, Marc; Luiselli, Luca; Jelić, Dušan; Halpern, Bálint; Major, Ágnes; Kotenko, Tatiana; Keyan, Najme (2012-07-27). "Phylogeography of the Vipera ursinii complex (Viperidae): mitochondrial markers reveal an east-west disjunction in the Palaearctic region". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (10): 1836–1847. Bibcode:2012JBiog..39.1836F. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02753.x. S2CID 83492151.


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