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Vipera ursinii, the Glossary

Vipera ursinii is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. It is a very rare species, which is in danger of extinction. This species is commonly called the meadow viper. It is found in France, Italy, and Greece as well as much of eastern Europe. Several subspecies are recognized.^[1]

63 relations: Abruzzo, Adder, Albania, Alexander Nikolsky, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, China, CITES, Common name, Croatia, Donald George Broadley, Eastern Europe, Edward Drinker Cope, Ernst Schwarz (zoologist), Extinction, Family (biology), France, Franz Werner, George Albert Boulenger, Georgia (country), Greece, Habitat destruction, Hobart Muir Smith, Hugo Theodor Christoph, Hungarian meadow viper, Hungary, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Iran, Italy, IUCN Red List, James R. Dixon, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lajos Méhelÿ, Lorenz Müller, Montenegro, Natural history, Nomen nudum, North Macedonia, Province of Ascoli Piceno, Romania, Russia, ... Expand index (13 more) »
Reptiles described in 1835
Reptiles of Azerbaijan
Reptiles of Central Asia
Reptiles of Europe
Vipera

Abruzzo

Abruzzo (Abbrùzze, Abbrìzze or Abbrèzze; Abbrùzzu), historically known as Abruzzi, is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million.

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Adder

Vipera berus, also known as the common European adderMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). Vipera ursinii and adder are reptiles of Europe and vipera.

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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Alexander Nikolsky

Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky (Russian: Александр Михайлович Никольский; February 18, 1858 – December 8, 1942) was a Russian and Ukrainian zoologist born in Astrakhan.

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, also known as the Bern Convention (or Berne Convention), is a binding international legal instrument in the field of Nature Conservation, it covers the natural heritage in Europe, as well as in some African countries.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.

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Charles Lucien Bonaparte

Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist, and a nephew of Napoleon.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Croatia

Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.

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Donald George Broadley

Donald George Broadley (1932–2016) was an African herpetologist.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist.

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Ernst Schwarz (zoologist)

Ernst Schwarz (1 December 1889 – 23 September 1962) was a German zoologist, mammalogist, and herpetologist.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Franz Werner

Franz Josef Maria Werner (15 August 1867 in Vienna – 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Georgia (country)

Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Hobart Muir Smith

Hobart Muir Smith, born Frederick William Stouffer (September 26, 1912 – March 4, 2013), was an American herpetologist.

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Hugo Theodor Christoph

Hugo Theodor Christoph (16 April 1831 – 5 November 1894) was a German and Russian entomologist.

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Hungarian meadow viper

The Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis; Hungarian name: rákosi vipera), also called the Danubian meadow viperSteward JW (1971). Vipera ursinii and Hungarian meadow viper are habitats Directive species, reptiles of Europe and vipera.

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Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

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James R. Dixon

James Ray Dixon (August 1, 1928, in Houston, Texas – January 10, 2015, in Bryan, Texas) was professor emeritus and curator emeritus of amphibians and reptiles at the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection at Texas A&M University.

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Johann Anton Güldenstädt

Johann Anton Güldenstädt (26 April 1745 in Riga, Latvia – 23 March 1781 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service.

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Johann Gottlieb Georgi

Johann Gottlieb Georgi (31 December 1729 – 27 October 1802) was a German-Russian botanist, naturalist and geographer.

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Jonathan A. Campbell

Jonathan Atwood Campbell (born May 13, 1947) is an American herpetologist.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.

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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges.

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Lajos Méhelÿ

Lajos Méhelÿ (August 24, 1862 – February 4, 1953) was a Hungarian zoologist, herpetologist, professor, and author.

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Lorenz Müller

Lorenz Müller (18 February 1868 in Mainz – 1 February 1953 in Munich) was a German herpetologist.

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Montenegro

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nomen nudum

In taxonomy, a nomen nudum ('naked name'; plural nomina nuda) is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate description.

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North Macedonia

North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.

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Province of Ascoli Piceno

The province of Ascoli Piceno (provincia di Ascoli Piceno) is a province in the Marche region of Italy.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.

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Venomous snake

Venomous snakes are species of the suborder Serpentes that are capable of producing venom, which they use for killing prey, for defense, and to assist with digestion of their prey.

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Viper

The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, New Zealand, Ireland, and various other isolated islands.

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Vipera aspis

Vipera aspis is a viper species found in southwestern Europe. Vipera ursinii and vipera aspis are reptiles of Europe and vipera.

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Viperinae

Viperinae, or viperines, are a subfamily of vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Xinjiang

Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipera_ursinii

Also known as Acridophaga eriwanensis, Acridophaga renardi eriwanensis, Acridophaga uralensis, Acridophaga ursini, Acridophaga ursinii, Coluber foetidus, Coluber ursinoides, Field adder, Field viper, French meadow viper, Italian meadow viper, Karst adder, Karst viper, Meadow Viper, Meadow adder, Moldavian meadow viper, Orsini's viper, Peilas berus uralensis, Peilas berus var. uralensis, Pelias Renardi, Pelias Ursinii, Pelias berus Ursinii, Pelias berus Var. Ursinii, Pelias chersea Ursinii, Pelias chersea vel Ursinii, Pelias ursinii forma trans. rudolphi, Pelias ursinii rudolphi, Renard's viper, Steppe adder, Steppe viper, Ursini's viper, Ursinii, V. ursinii, Vipera (Pelias) ursinii rudolphi, Vipera (Vipera) ursinii macrops, Vipera (Vipera) ursinii renardi, Vipera (Vipera) ursinii ursinii, Vipera (Vipera) ursinii wettsteini, Vipera berus renardi, Vipera berus var. renardi, Vipera macrops, Vipera orsinii, Vipera ursinii anatolica, Vipera ursinii ebneri, Vipera ursinii eriwanensis, Vipera ursinii forma trans. rudolphi, Vipera ursinii graeca, Vipera ursinii macrops, Vipera ursinii moldavica, Vipera ursinii rakoniensis, Vipera ursinii renardi, Vipera ursinii rudolphi, Vipera ursinii ursinii, Vipera ursinii wettsteini.

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Vipera ursinii, the Glossary

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See also

Reptiles described in 1835

Reptiles of Azerbaijan

Reptiles of Central Asia

Reptiles of Europe

Vipera

References