Vipera berus bosniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
V. berus
Subspecies:
V. b. bosniensis
Trinomial name
Vipera berus bosniensis
Boettger, 1889
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Vipera berus var. bosniensis Boettger In Mojsisovics, 1889
  • Vipera berus var. pseudaspis Schreiber, 1912
  • Vipera coronis coronis
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera coronis leopardina A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera coronis nigroides
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera coronis zamenoides A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Mesocoronis coronis
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis coronis
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis leopardina
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis nigroides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • [Vipera (Mesocoronis)] coronis zamenoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • [Vipera] aspoides
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides annulata
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • [Vipera] eimeri
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) eimeri — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera rudolphoides
    A.F. Reuss, 1927
    (nomen nudum)
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) rudolphoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) hybr. kochi A.F. Reuss, 1927
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) bosnensis [sic]
    — F. Werner, 1930 (ex errore)
  • Mesocoronis aspoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1930
  • Mesocoronis bosniensis atrobosniensis
    A.F. Reuss, 1930
  • Mesocoronis coronis nigroides — A.F. Reuss, 1930
  • Mesocoronis coronis ornata A.F. Reuss, 1930
    (nomen nudum)
  • Mesocoronis rudolphoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1935
  • Mesocoponis [sic] rudolphoides
    — A.F. Reuss, 1935 (ex errore)
  • V[ipera]. berus bosniensis
    — Schwarz, 1935
  • Vipera (Mesocoronis) nigroides — Schwarz, 1936
  • Mesocoronis pseudaspoides A.F. Reuss, 1937
  • Vipera (Vipera) berus bosniensis — Obst, 1983

Vipera berus bosniensis, the Balkan cross adder[2] or Bosnian viper,[3] is a venomous subspecies of viper[4] endemic to the Balkan Peninsula.[5]

Geographic range

It is only found within the Balkan Peninsula, particularly the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hence its common name.[5]

Taxonomy

McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. bosniensis as a subspecies of V. berus.[1] However, it has been considered a full species in recent literature.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Steward, J. W. (1971). The snakes of Europe ([1st American ed.] ed.). Rutherford [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-1023-4. OCLC 222186.
  3. ^ Mehrtens, John M. (1987). Living snakes of the world in color. New York: Sterling Pub. Co. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X. OCLC 15521062.
  4. ^ "Vipera berus bosniensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2006.
  5. ^ a b c 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.

Further reading

  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. 478 pp.

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