Vipera ammodytes montandoni
| Vipera ammodytes montandoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Vipera |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | V. a. montandoni
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| Trinomial name | |
| Vipera ammodytes montandoni Boulenger, 1904
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| Synonyms[1] | |
- Common names: transdanubian sand viper.[2]
Vipera ammodytes montandoni is a venomous viper subspecies[3] endemic to Bulgaria and southern Romania.[4]
Etymology
The subspecific name, montandoni, is in honor of "M. A. Montandon" who sent some of the first specimens of this snake to Boulenger.
Description
According to Boulenger (1913): "Naso-rostral shield never reaching the canthus rostralis nor the summit of the rostral shield, which is deeper than broad (once and one seventh to once and a half); rostral appendage clad with 10-14 scales, in three (rarely two or four) transverse series between the rostral shield and the apex. Dorsal scales in 21 rows [at midbody]. Ventral shields 149 to 158; subcaudals 30 to 38. A more or less distinct blotch on the lower lip, involving five to seven labial shields without complete interruption. Lower surface of end of tail yellow."[5]
Geographic range
Bulgaria and southern Romania.[4]
References
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 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.
- ^ "Vipera ammodytes montandoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2006.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Boulenger GA. 1913. The Snakes of Europe. London: Methusen & Co. Ltd. 145 pp. PDF at Skopelos Walks Accessed 12 August 2006.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1904. On the Sand-Viper of Roumania (Vipera ammodytes var. Montandoni ). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series 14: 134-135.
External links
- Vipera ammodytes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2007.