Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera monticola

Name

Vipera monticola Saint-Girons, 1953

  • Syntypes: ZMA 11154.
  • Type locality: Massif du Toubkal, Haut Atlas, Morocco, 2800 m.

Synonymy

  • Vipera latastei montana Saint-Girons, 1953 (sec. homonym)
  • Vipera latastei monticola — Saint-Girons, 1954 (replacement name)
  • Vipera monticolaBeerli, Billing & Schätti, 1986
  • Vipera latasti monticolaSochurek, 1979
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) monticolaObst, 1983

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Beerli, P., Billing, H. & Schätti, B. 1986. Taxonomischer Status von Vipera latasti monticola Saint Girons 1953 (Serpentes, Viperidae). Salamandra 22: 101–104.
  • Sochurek, E. 1979. Die Schlangen Nordafrikas. Mitteilungen Zoologischen Gesellschaft Braunau 3 (8/9): 219–226.
  • Obst, F.J. 1983. Zur Kenntnis der Schlangengattung Vipera. Zoologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 38: 229–235.
  • McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A., and T. A. Touré, 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp, ISBN 1893777014
  • Venchi, A. & Sindaco, R. 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" XCVIII: 259–364.
  • Freitas, I., Fahd, S., Velo-Antón, G., Martínez-Freiría, F. 2018. Chasing the phantom: biogeography and conservation of Vipera latastei-monticola in the Maghreb (North Africa). Amphibia-Reptilia 39(2): 145–161. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-17000197 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Martínez-Freiría, F., Freitas, I., Velo-Antón, G., Lucchini, N., Fahd, S., Larbes, S., Pleguezuelos, J.M., Santos, X. & Brito, J.C. 2021. Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in the Vipera latastei–monticola complex. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2278–2306. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12534 Paywall Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Viper
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