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| name = ''Vipera aspis hugyi''
| name = ''Vipera aspis hugyi''
| 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]]''
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'''Common names:''' (none).
'''Common names:''' (none).
 
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'''''Vipera aspis hugyi''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[subspecies]]<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=635254|taxon=Vipera aspis hugyi|year=2006|date=15 August}}</ref> found only in [[Italy]].<ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=aspis}}</ref>
'''''Vipera aspis hugyi''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635254 ''Vipera aspis hugyi'' (TSN 635254)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 25 June 2007.</ref> found only in Italy.<ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=aspis}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Usually marked with a fused zigzag stripe and a distinctly raised snout. Specimens from [[Montecristo|Montecristo Island]], sometimes referred to as ''V. a. montecristi'', are similar, but with a reduced tendency for the dorsal markings to fuse.<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>
Usually marked with a fused zigzag stripe and a distinctly raised snout. Specimens from Montecristo Island, sometimes referred to as ''V. a. montecristi'', are similar, but with a reduced tendency for the dorsal markings to fuse.<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>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
[[Italy]]: [[Puglia]], [[Basilicata]], [[Calabria]], [[Sicily]] and [[Montecristo|Montecristo Island]].<ref name="EMBL"/>
Found only in Italy in Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and on Montecristo Island.<ref name="EMBL"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:True vipers]]

Revision as of 05:20, 25 June 2007

Vipera aspis hugyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. aspis
Subspecies: V. a. hugyi
Trinomial name
Vipera aspis hugyi
Schinz, 1833
Synonyms
  • Vipera Hugyi - Schinz, 1833
  • Vipera Hugyii - Schinz, 1833
  • Vipera Heegeri - Schreiber, 1875
  • V[ipera]. Hugii - Müller, 1880
  • Vipera aspis var. hugii - De Betta, 1883
  • Vipera aspis var. hugyi - Schreiber, 1912
  • Vipera latastei var. hugyi - Calabresi, 1924
  • Vipera aspis forma trans. rudolphi-italica - Reuss, 1924
  • Vipera aspis hugyi - Mertens & Müller, 1928
  • Rhinaspis (Latasteopara) ocellata hugii - Reuss, 1935
  • Vipera ammodytes hugyi - Schwarz, 1936
  • Vipera aspis montecristi - Mertens, 1956
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) aspis hugyi - Obst, 1983
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) aspis montecristi - Obst, 1983[1]

Common names: (none).  
 
Vipera aspis hugyi is a venomous viper subspecies[2] found only in Italy.[3]

Description

Usually marked with a fused zigzag stripe and a distinctly raised snout. Specimens from Montecristo Island, sometimes referred to as V. a. montecristi, are similar, but with a reduced tendency for the dorsal markings to fuse.[4]

Geographic range

Found only in Italy in Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and on Montecristo Island.[3]

See also

Cited references

  1. 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. Vipera aspis hugyi (TSN 635254) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 25 June 2007.
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Species Vipera aspis at the Species2000 Database
  4. 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.