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| color = pink
| color = pink
| name = ''Vipera seoanei''
| name = ''Vipera seoanei''
| status = LC
| status = <!-- LC -->
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_system = iucn3.1
| image = Vipera Seoanei 1.jpg
| image = <!-- Vipera Seoanei 1.jpg -->
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| species = '''''V. seoanei'''''
| species = '''''V. seoanei'''''
| binomial = ''Vipera seoanei''
| binomial = ''Vipera seoanei''
| binomial_authority = [[Fernand Lataste|Lataste]], [[1879]]
| binomial_authority = Lataste, 1879
| synonyms = * ''Vipera berus seoanei'' - Lataste, 1879
| synonyms = * ''Vipera berus seoanei'' - Lataste, 1879
* [''Pelias''] ''seoanei'' - Reuss, 1927
* [''Pelias''] ''seoanei'' - Reuss, 1927
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'''Common names:''' Baskian viper.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref>
'''Common names:''' Baskian viper.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref>
 
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'''''Vipera seoanei''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] found in extreme southwestern France and the northern regions of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]].<ref name="McD99"/> Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate race described here.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=635001|taxon=Vipera seoanei|year=2006|date=19 August}}</ref>
'''''Vipera seoanei''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in extreme southwestern France and the northern regions of Spain and Portugal.<ref name="McD99"/> Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate race described here.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635001 ''Vipera seoanei'' (TSN 635001)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 3 July 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
Extreme southwestern France and the northern regions of [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is given as "In montibus Gallaecorum et Cantabrorum ... d'Espagne" (the mountains of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and Cantabrici, Spain). Mertens and Müller (1928) suggested a restricting the type locality to "Cabañas, Prov. Caruña, Spanien" (according to Golay et al. (1993), this is [[Cabañas]], near [[Ferrol]], [[A Coruña (province)|Caruña Province]], northwestern Spain).<ref name="McD99"/>
Found in the extreme southwestern France and the northern regions of Spain and Portugal. The type locality is given as "In montibus Gallaecorum et Cantabrorum ... d'Espagne" (the mountains of Galicia and Cantabrici, Spain). Mertens and Müller (1928) suggested a restricting the type locality to "Cabañas, Prov. Caruña, Spanien" (according to Golay et al. (1993), this is Cabañas, near Ferrol, Caruña Province, northwestern Spain).<ref name="McD99"/>


==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==
This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) according to the [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).<ref name="ICUN-VS">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61594/summ ''Vipera seoanei''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref> It was given this status due to its relatively wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. Year assessed: 2005. <ref name="ICUN-31">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria2001#categories 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref>
This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).<ref name="ICUN-VS">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61594/summ ''Vipera seoanei''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref> It was given this status due to its relatively wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. Year assessed: 2005. <ref name="ICUN-31">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria2001#categories 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref>


It is, however, listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the [[Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats|Berne Convention]].<ref name="COE">[http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/FR/Treaties/Html/104-3.htm Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III] at [http://conventions.coe.int/ Council of Europe]. Accessed 9 October 2006.</ref>
It is, however, listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the Berne Convention.<ref name="COE">[http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/FR/Treaties/Html/104-3.htm Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III] at [http://conventions.coe.int/ Council of Europe]. Accessed 9 October 2006.</ref>


==Subspecies==
==Subspecies==
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|''[[Vipera seoanei cantabrica|V. s. cantabrica]]''
|''[[Vipera seoanei cantabrica|V. s. cantabrica]]''
|Brana & Bas, [[1983]]
|Brana & Bas, 1983
|style="width:40%"|Northern [[Portugal]], northern [[Spain]], southwestern [[France]]
|style="width:50%"|Northern Portugal, northern Spain and southwestern France.
|-
|-
|''V. s. seoanei''
|''V. s. seoanei''
|[[Fernand Lataste|Lataste]], [[1879]]
|Lataste, 1879
|Northwestern Spain
|Northwestern Spain
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==Gallery==
<!-- ==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Vipera Seoanei 2.jpg|''V. s. seoanei'', pattern '''A'''.
Image:Vipera Seoanei 2.jpg|''V. s. seoanei'', pattern '''A'''.
Image:Vipera-seoanei-seoanei-4.jpg|''V. s. seoanei'', pattern '''B'''.
Image:Vipera-seoanei-seoanei-4.jpg|''V. s. seoanei'', pattern '''B'''.
Image:Vipera seonei 3.jpg|''V. s. seoanei'', pattern '''C'''.
Image:Vipera seonei 3.jpg|''V. s. seoanei'', pattern '''C'''.
</gallery>
</gallery> -->


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.reptilia-amphibia.net/index.html?en/snake/seoanei.html~mainFrame Seoane's viper, ''Vipera seoanei''] at [http://www.reptilia-amphibia.net/ Reptiles & Amphibians of France]. Accessed [[30 October]] [[2006]].
* [http://www.reptilia-amphibia.net/index.html?en/snake/seoanei.html~mainFrame Seoane's viper, ''Vipera seoanei''] at [http://www.reptilia-amphibia.net/ Reptiles & Amphibians of France]. Accessed 30 October 2006.


[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:True vipers]]

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Vipera seoanei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. seoanei
Binomial name
Vipera seoanei
Lataste, 1879
Synonyms
  • Vipera berus seoanei - Lataste, 1879
  • [Pelias] seoanei - Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera seoanei - Saint-Girons & Duguy, 1976
  • Vipera seoanei seoanei - Braña & Bas, 1983
  • Vipera (Vipera) seoanei - Obst, 1983
  • Vipera seoannei - Bon, 1987
  • V[ipera]. seoanei latastei - González, 1991[1]

Common names: Baskian viper.[2]  
 
Vipera seoanei is a venomous viper species found in extreme southwestern France and the northern regions of Spain and Portugal.[1] Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate race described here.[3]

Description

Adults may grow to a length of 75 cm, but usually less.[2]

This is a highly polymorphic species for which four main color-pattern types have been described:[2]

A: well-developed, brown zigzig pattern down the back, very much like V. berus, set against a beige or light-gray ground color.

B: roughly twin-striped pattern, with the ground color expressed as two narrow, straight, dorsolateral longitudinal lines along the body. Resembles V. kaznakovi to some degree.

C: uniform brownish morph with no pattern.

D: fragmented zigzag pattern (see V. s. cantabrica).

Geographic range

Found in the extreme southwestern France and the northern regions of Spain and Portugal. The type locality is given as "In montibus Gallaecorum et Cantabrorum ... d'Espagne" (the mountains of Galicia and Cantabrici, Spain). Mertens and Müller (1928) suggested a restricting the type locality to "Cabañas, Prov. Caruña, Spanien" (according to Golay et al. (1993), this is Cabañas, near Ferrol, Caruña Province, northwestern Spain).[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).[4] It was given this status due to its relatively wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. Year assessed: 2005. [5]

It is, however, listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the Berne Convention.[6]

Subspecies

Species[3] Authority[3] Geographic range[7]
V. s. cantabrica Brana & Bas, 1983 Northern Portugal, northern Spain and southwestern France.
V. s. seoanei Lataste, 1879 Northwestern Spain

See also

Cited references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Vipera seoanei (TSN 635001) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 3 July 2007.
  4. ↑ Vipera seoanei at IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  5. ↑ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  6. ↑ Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III at Council of Europe. Accessed 9 October 2006.
  7. ↑ Species Vipera seoanei at the Species2000 Database

Other references

  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy. Golray P, Schatti J-C, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. New York: Springer-Verlag. 393 pp.
  • Mertens R, Müller L. 1928. Liste der amphibien und reptilen Europes. Abh Senckenb Naturf Ges 45:1-62.


External links

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