Vipera latastei

Taxobox
name = "Vipera latastei"
status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = down


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Vipera"
species = "V. latastei"
binomial = "Vipera latastei"
binomial_authority = Bosca, 1878
synonyms = * "Vipera latasti" - Bosca, 1878
* "Vipera latastei" - Bosca, 1879
* "Vipera berus aspis" var. "latastei" - Camerano, 1889 (nomen illegitimum)
* "Vipera latastii" - Boulenger, 1896
* "Vipera latasti" - Mertens, 1925
* "Latastea latastei - Reuss, 1929
* "Rhinaspis latastei nigricaudata" - Reuss, 1933
* "V" ["ipera"] . "ammodytes latastei" - Schwarz, 1935
* "Vipera latastei latastei" - Saint-Girons, 1953
* "Vipera" ("Rhinaspis") "latastei latastei" - 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: Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper,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.] snub-nosed adder.U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.] ""Vipera latastei" is a venomous viper species found in extreme southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.ITIS|ID=634994|taxon="Vipera latastei"|year=2008|date=30 April]

Description

Grows to a maximum length of about 72 cm, but usually less.

Geographic range

Extreme southwestern Europe (France, Portugal and Spain) and northwestern Africa (the Mediterranean region of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). The type locality given is "Ciudad Real." Emended to "Valencia, Spanien" (Valencia, Spain) by Mertens and Müller (1928).

Conservation status

Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001).Redlist species|no=61592|genus=Vipera|species=latastei|date=2 September|year=2007] Listed as such because it is probably in significant decline (but likely at a rate of less than 30% over ten years) due to widespread habitat loss and persecution throughout much of its range, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable. Further population reduction is expected, but is not likely to exceed 30% over the next 10 years, but localized extinctions in parts of its range are possible (e.g., Tunisia). Year assessed: 2005.Redlist CC2001|date=2 September|year=2007]

It is also listed as a strictly protected species (Appendix II) under the Berne Convention. [http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/FR/Treaties/Html/104-2.htm Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix II] at [http://conventions.coe.int/ Council of Europe] . Accessed 9 October 2006.]

ubspecies

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

Further reading

* Mertens R, Müller L. 1928. Liste der amphibien und reptilien Europas. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 45:1-62.

External links

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* [http://www.herp.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/ViperLatas.htm "Vipera latastei"] at [http://www.herp.it/ Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe] . Accessed 9 October 2006.