Vipera walser

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 walser

Name

Vipera walser Ghielmi, Menegon, Marsden, Laddaga & Ursenbacher, 2016: 164

Holotype: MSNG 34485, adult ♀, collected by A. Rosazza in the summer of 1930.

Type locality: “San Giovanni d’Andorno, strada per Oropa at 1,300 m a.s.l. in the Alps north of town of Biella, a subrange of the Pennine Alps, Northwestern Italy”.

References

Primary references

Ghielmi, S., Menegon, M., Marsden, S.J., Laddaga, L. & Ursenbacher, S. 2016. A new vertebrate for Europe: the discovery of a range-restricted relict viper in the western Italian Alps. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54(3): 161–173. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12138 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Vipera walser. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2019.

Vernacular names

italiano: Vipera dei Walser

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