Vipera berus bosniensis
Encyclopedia
- Common names: Balkan cross adder, Bosnian viper.
Vipera berus bosniensis is a venomous
Venomous snake
"Poisonous snake" redirects here. For true poisonous snakes, see Rhabdophis.Venomous snakes are snakes which have venom glands and specialized teeth for the injection of venom...
viper
Viperinae
The Viperinae, or viperines, are a subfamily of venomous vipers found in Europe, Asia and Africa. They are distinguished by their lack of the heat-sensing pit organs that characterize their sister group, the Crotalinae. Currently, 12 genera and 66 species are recognized...
subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
found only on the Balkan Peninsula
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
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Taxonomy
McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. bosniensis as a subspecies of V. berus. However, is has been considered a full species in recent literature.External links
- Photograph of Vipera berus bosniensis http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HHdLwlIQVzuYKH_2GL_uBA