Vipera seoanei cantabrica

Taxobox
name = "Vipera seoanei cantabrica"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Vipera"
species = "V. seoanei"
subspecies = "V. a. cantabrica"
trinomial = "Vipera seoanei cantabrica "
trinomial_authority = Braña & Bas, 1983
synonyms = * "Vipera seoanei cantabrica" - Braña & Bas, 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: (none).""Vipera seoanei cantabrica" is a venomous viper subspeciesITIS|ID=635262|taxon=Vipera seoanei cantabrica|year=2006|date=19 August] found in the south central parts of the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain.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.]

Description

This subspecies is described as the fourth (of four) main color-pattern types for "V. seoanei" -- a highly polymorphic species. This one consists of a fragmented zigzag pattern that can appear as transverse bands along the back. This morph resembles a pattern seen in "V. aspis".

Geographic range

South central parts of the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain. The type locality given is "Faro, Caurel (Lugo)."

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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