Vipera berus sachalinensis

Taxobox
name = "Vipera berus sachalinensis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Vipera"
species = "V. berus"
subspecies = "V. b. sachalinensis"
trinomial = "Vipera berus sachalinensis"
trinomial_authority = Zarevskij, 1917
synonyms = * "Vipera berus sachalinensis" - Zarevskij, 1917
* "Vipera sachalinensis" - Mertens, 1934
* "Vipera" ("Vipera") "berus sachalinensis" - Obst, 1983McDiarmid 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).] :"Common names: Sakhalin Island adder,Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.] Sakhalin adder.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.] ""Vipera berus sachalinensis" is a venomous viper subspeciesITIS|ID=635258|taxon=Vipera berus sachalinensis|year=2006|date=16 August] found in the Russian Far East, China, North Korea and on Sakhalin Island.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.]

Geographic range

Russian Far East (Amur), China (Jilin), North Korea and on Sakhalin Island. According the Schwarz (1936), the type locality is "Sachalin" (Sakhalin Island, Russia).

Taxonomy

McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize "V. b. sachalinensis" as a subspecies of "V. berus". However, is has been considered a full species in recent literature.

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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