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Vipera berus bosniensis

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Subspecies of snake

Vipera berus bosniensis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Vipera
Species:	V. berus
Subspecies:	V. b. bosniensis
Trinomial name
*Vipera berus bosniensis* Boettger, 1889
Synonyms^[1]
List Vipera berus var.bosniensisBoettgerInMojsisovics, 1889 Vipera berus var.pseudaspisSchreiber, 1912 Vipera coronis coronis A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera coronis leopardinaA.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera coronis nigroides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera coronis zamenoidesA.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis)coronis— A.F. Reuss, 1927 Mesocoronis coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis)coronis coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis)coronis leopardina — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis)coronis nigroides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 [Vipera (Mesocoronis)]coronis zamenoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 [Vipera]aspoides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis)aspoides— A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera (Mesocoronis)aspoides annulata A.F. Reuss, 1927 [Vipera]eimeri A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis)eimeri— A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera rudolphoides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis)rudolphoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) hybr.kochiA.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera (Mesocoronis)bosnensis [sic] —F. Werner, 1930 (ex errore) Mesocoronis aspoides — A.F. Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis bosniensis atrobosniensis A.F. Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis coronis nigroides— A.F. Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis coronis ornataA.F. Reuss, 1930 (nomen nudum) Mesocoronis rudolphoides — A.F. Reuss, 1935 Mesocoponis [sic]rudolphoides — A.F. Reuss, 1935 (ex errore) V[ipera].berus bosniensis —Schwarz, 1935 Vipera (Mesocoronis)nigroides— Schwarz, 1936 Mesocoronis pseudaspoidesA.F. Reuss, 1937 Vipera (Vipera)berus bosniensis—Obst, 1983

Vipera berus bosniensis, theBalkan cross adder^[2] orBosnian viper,^[3] is avenomous subspecies ofviper^[4]endemic to theBalkan Peninsula.^[5]

Geographic range

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It is only found within the Balkan Peninsula, particularly theHerzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hence its common name.^[5]

Taxonomy

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McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognizeV. b. bosniensis as a subspecies ofV. berus.^[1] However, it has been considered a fullspecies in recent literature.^[5]

References

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^^a ^bMcDiarmid RW,Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999.Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series).ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^Steward, J. W. (1971).The snakes of Europe ([1st American ed.] ed.). Rutherford [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.ISBN 0-8386-1023-4.OCLC 222186.
^Mehrtens, John M. (1987).Living snakes of the world in color. New York: Sterling Pub. Co.ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.OCLC 15521062.
^"Vipera berus bosniensis".Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved16 August 2006.
^^a ^b ^cMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003.True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp.ISBN 0-89464-877-2.