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Vipera monticola (Mountain Viper)

Synonyms: Vipera latastei montana; Vipera latastei monticola

Wikipedia Abstract

Vipera monticola is a venomous viper species endemic to Morocco. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Vipera monticola

Infraspecies

Vipera monticola atlantica
Vipera monticola monticola
Vipera monticola saintgironsi

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  161 grams
Litter Size [1]  8
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe Morocco Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

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
♦ 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