Vipera berus bosniensis

Vipera berus bosniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Viperinae
Genus:	Vipera
Species:	V. berus
Trinomial name
Vipera berus bosniensis Boettger, 1889
Synonyms
Vipera berus var. bosniensis - Boettger In Mojsisovics, 1889 Vipera berus var. pseudaspis - Schreiber, 1912 Vipera coronis coronis - Reuss, 1927 Vipera coronis leopardina - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera coronis nigroides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera coronis zamenoides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis - Reuss, 1927 Mesocoronis coronis - Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis coronis - Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis leopardina - Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis nigroides - Reuss, 1927 [Vipera (Mesocoronis)] coronis zamenoides - Reuss, 1927 [Vipera] aspoides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides - Reuss, 1927 Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides annulata - Reuss, 1927 [Vipera] eimeri - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis) eimeri - Reuss, 1927 Vipera rudolphoides - Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis) rudolphoides - Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. rudolphoides - Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) hybr. kochi - Reuss, 1927 Mesocoronis coronis - Reuss, 1927 Vipera (Mesocoronis) bosnensis - Werner, 1930 Mesocoronis aspoides - Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis bosniensis atrobosniensis - Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis coronis nigroides - Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis coronis ornata - Reuss, 1930 (nomen nudum) Mesocoronis rudolphoides - Reuss, 1935 Mesocoponis rudolphoides - Reuss, 1935 V[ipera]. berus bosniensis - Schwarz, 1935 Vipera (Mesocoronis) nigroides - Schwarz, 1936 Mesocoronis pseudaspoides - Reuss, 1937 Vipera (Vipera) berus bosniensis - Obst, 1983[1]

Common names: Balkan cross adder,^[2] Bosnian viper.^[3]

Vipera berus bosniensis is a venomous viper subspecies^[4] found only on the Balkan Peninsula.^[5]

Geographic range

Balkan Peninsula.^[5]

Taxonomy

McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. bosniensis as a subspecies of V. berus.^[1] However, is has been considered a full species in recent literature.^[5]

See also

• List of viperine species and subspecies
• Viperinae by common name
• Viperinae by taxonomic synonyms
• Snakebite

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 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. ^ Steward JW. 1971. The Snakes of Europe. Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Press (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). 238 pp. LCCCN 77-163307. ISBN 0-8386-1023-4.
3. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
4. ^ "Vipera berus bosniensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635257. Retrieved 16 August 2006. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} 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.

Further reading

• Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy, Golray P, Schatti J-C, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. New York: Springer-Verlag. 393 pp.

External links

• Vipera berus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2007.
• Photograph of Vipera berus bosniensis [1]