Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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

Type locality: Massif du Toubkal, Haut Atlas, Morocco, 2800 m

Holotype: Syntypes ZMA 11154

Synonyms

  • Vipera latastei montana Saint-Girons, 1953 (sec. homonym)
  • Vipera latastei monticola — Saint-Girons, 1954 (replacement name)
  • Vipera monticola — Beerli, Billing & Schätti, 1986
  • Vipera latasti monticola — Sochurek, 1979
  • Vipera (Rhinaspis) monticola — Obst, 1983
  • Vipera monticola — Welch, 1994
  • Vipera monticola — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré , 1999
  • Vipera (Vipera) monticola — Venchi & Sindaco, 2006

References

  • Saint-Girons, H. 1953. Une vipère naine: Vipera latastei montana. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 78: 24–28.
  • Saint-Girons, H. 1954. Note rectificative au sujet de Vipera latastei montana, n. subsp. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 78: 475.
  • Beerli, P., Billing, H., and B. Schätti, 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., and R. Sindaco, 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", Genova, XCVIII: 259–364.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Viper
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