Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Viperidae > Macrovipera > Macrovipera schweizeri

Macrovipera schweizeri (Cyclades Blunt-nosed Viper)

Synonyms: Vipera lebetina schweizeri; Vipera lebetina siphnensis; Vipera schweizeri (homotypic)
Language: German

Wikipedia Abstract

Macrovipera schweizeri is a venomous viper species found in Greece on the islands of the Cyclades Archipelago in the Aegean sea. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Macrovipera schweizeri

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Macrovipera schweizeri

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.879 lbs (1.306 kg)
Gestation [1]  43 days
Litter Size [1]  8
Maximum Longevity [1]  11 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests Greece, Turkey, Macedonia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
DYTIKI MILOS, ANTIMILOS, POLYAIGOS KAI NISIDES 22866 Greece  
NISOS MILOS: PROFITIS ILIAS - EVRYTERI PERIOCHI 13026 Greece  
NISOS POLYAIGOS - KIMOLOS 34342 Greece    
SIFNOS: PROFITIS ILIAS MECHRI DYTIKES AKTES KAI THALASSIA PERIOCHI 5109 Greece    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0