Vipera walser

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Viperoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
Name
Vipera walser Ghielmi, Menegon, Marsden, Laddaga & Ursenbacher, 2016: 164
- Holotype: MSNG 34485, adult ♀, collected by A. Rosazza in the summer of 1930.
- Type locality: “San Giovanni d’Andorno, strada per Oropa at 1,300 m a.s.l. in the Alps north of town of Biella, a subrange of the Pennine Alps, Northwestern Italy”.
References
Primary references
- Ghielmi, S., Menegon, M., Marsden, S.J., Laddaga, L. & Ursenbacher, S. 2016. A new vertebrate for Europe: the discovery of a range-restricted relict viper in the western Italian Alps. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54(3): 161–173. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12138 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Vipera walser. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2019.
Vernacular names
- Deutsch: Piemont-Viper
- italiano: Vipera dei Walser