Vipera ammodytes montandoni

Vipera ammodytes montandoni is a venomous viper subspecies[3] endemic to Bulgaria and southern Romania.[4]

Vipera ammodytes montandoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
V. ammodytes
Subspecies:
V. a. montandoni
Trinomial name
Vipera ammodytes montandoni
Boulenger, 1904
Synonyms[1]
  • Vipera ammodytes var. montandoni Boulenger, 1904
  • Vipera ammodytes montandoni
    — Mertens & L. Müller, 1928
  • Vipera aspis balcanica Buresch & Zonkov, 1934
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) ammodytes montandoni
    — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera ammodytes montandoni
    — Weinsten, Minton & Wilde, 1985
Common names: transdanubian sand viper.[2]

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
  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. "Vipera ammodytes montandoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2006.
  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. 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.
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