Species

Vipera meridionalis

Vipera meridionalis · described by BOULENGER 1903

Vipera altaica, a close relative of Vipera meridionalis

Pictured: Vipera altaica, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Anders Larsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Vipera meridionalis
First described
BOULENGER 1903
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Vipera
Subspecies
  • Vipera meridionalis meridionalis BOULENGER 1903
  • Vipera meridionalis transcaucasiana BOULENGER 1913

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree