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Common names: (none).
Vipera ammodytes montandoni is a venomous viper subspecies[2] found in Bulgaria and southern Romania.[3]
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 ten to fourteen scales, in three (rarely two or four) transverse series between the rostral shield and the apex. Scales in twenty-one rows. 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."[4]
Geographic range
Bulgaria and southern Romania.[3]
See also
- Vipera ammodytes.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snakebite.
Cited references
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ Vipera ammodytes montandoni (TSN 635292). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 12 August 2006.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 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.
External links
- Species Vipera ammodytes at the Species2000 Database