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Montivipera bornmuelleri (Lebanon Viper)

Synonyms: Lachesis libanotica; Vipera bornmuelleri; Vipera lebetina bornmuelleri; Vipera xanthina bornmuelleri

Wikipedia Abstract

Vipera bornmuelleri is a venomous viper species found in Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Syria. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Montivipera bornmuelleri

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Montivipera bornmuelleri

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.174 lbs (986 g)
Gestation [1]  42 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  16 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

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
♦ 2Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
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