Vipera berus bosniensis

Vipera berus bosniensis, the Balkan cross adder^[2] or Bosnian viper,^[3] is a venomous subspecies of viper^[4] endemic to the Balkan Peninsula.^[5]

Vipera berus bosniensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Vipera
Species:	V. berus
Subspecies:	V. b. bosniensis
Trinomial name
Vipera berus bosniensis Boettger, 1889
Synonyms[1]
List Vipera berus var. bosniensis Boettger In Mojsisovics, 1889 Vipera berus var. pseudaspis Schreiber, 1912 Vipera coronis coronis A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera coronis leopardina A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera coronis nigroides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera coronis zamenoides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927 Mesocoronis coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis coronis — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis leopardina — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) coronis nigroides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 [Vipera (Mesocoronis)] coronis zamenoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 [Vipera] aspoides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera (Mesocoronis) aspoides annulata A.F. Reuss, 1927 [Vipera] eimeri A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis) eimeri — A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera rudolphoides A.F. Reuss, 1927 (nomen nudum) Vipera (Mesocoronis) rudolphoides — A.F. Reuss, 1927 V[ipera]. (Mesocoronis) hybr. kochi A.F. Reuss, 1927 Vipera (Mesocoronis) bosnensis [sic] — F. Werner, 1930 (ex errore) Mesocoronis aspoides — A.F. Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis bosniensis atrobosniensis A.F. Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis coronis nigroides — A.F. Reuss, 1930 Mesocoronis coronis ornata A.F. Reuss, 1930 (nomen nudum) Mesocoronis rudolphoides — A.F. Reuss, 1935 Mesocoponis [sic] rudolphoides — A.F. Reuss, 1935 (ex errore) V[ipera]. berus bosniensis — Schwarz, 1935 Vipera (Mesocoronis) nigroides — Schwarz, 1936 Mesocoronis pseudaspoides A.F. Reuss, 1937 Vipera (Vipera) berus bosniensis — Obst, 1983

Geographic range

It is only found within the Balkan Peninsula, particularly the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hence its common name.^[5]

Taxonomy

McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. bosniensis as a subspecies of V. berus.^[1] However, it has been considered a full species in recent literature.^[5]

References

1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
2. Steward, J. W. (1971). The snakes of Europe ([1st American ed.] ed.). Rutherford [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-1023-4. OCLC 222186.
3. Mehrtens, John M. (1987). Living snakes of the world in color. New York: Sterling Pub. Co. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X. OCLC 15521062.
4. "Vipera berus bosniensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2006.
5. Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.

Further reading

• Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. 478 pp.

External links

• Vipera berus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2007.