Vipera ocellata (disambiguation): Difference between revisions

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Vipera ocellata is a scientific name that is now a synonym for the following species:

Vipera aspis: Asp; a venomous viper species found in southwestern Europe. ^[e]
Bitis caudalis: A venomous member of the genus Bitis, found in the arid region of south-west Africa. ^[e]

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-'''''Vipera ocellata''''' is a scientific name first proposed by Latreille ''In'' Sonnini & Latreille in 1801 to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in [[Europe]]. It was used again in by Smith in 1838 to describe a puff adder from southern [[Africa]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of both species:<ref name="McD99">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.</ref>
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+'''''Vipera ocellata''''' is a scientific name that is now a synonym for the following species:
-* [[Vipera aspis]] - (Linnaeus, 1758) - Asp viper.
-* [[Bitis caudalis]] - (Smith, 1839) - Horned puff added.
-==Cited references==
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+{{rpl|Vipera aspis}}
-[[Category:True vipers - Synonymy]]
+{{rpl|Bitis caudalis}}