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
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]