Vipera aspis hugyi

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: Southern Italian asp, ^[2] South-Italian asp viper,^[3] more.

Vipera aspis hugyi is a venomous viper subspecies^[4] found only in Italy.^[5]

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.^[6]

Common names

Southern Italian asp,^[2] South-Italian asp viper,^[3] Hugy's viper.^[7] Previously, several other common name were used to described a subspecies that is now part of the synonymy of this form: Monte Cristo viper^[2] or Monte Cristo asp viper^[3] for Vipera aspis montecristi.

Geographic range

Italy: Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Montecristo Island.^[5]

See also

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

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. ^ ^{a b c} Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
3. ^ ^{a b c} 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.
4. ^ "Vipera aspis hugyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635254. Retrieved 15 August 2006. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Vipera aspis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.