Vipera aspis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera aspis
Subspecies (5): V. a. aspis – V. a. atra – V. a. francisciredi – V. a. hugyi – V. a. zinnikeri

Name

Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type material: unknown.
Type locality: “Gallia”.

Combinations

Coluber aspis Linnaeus, 1758: 218 [original combination]
Vipera aspis— Merrem, 1820 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Vipera Francisci Redi Laurenti, 1768

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera aspis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 July 2022.
Corti, C., Pleguezuelos, J.M., Pérez-Mellado, V., Marquez, R., Cheylan, M., Geniez, P., Joger, U., Nettmann, H.K., Schmidt, B., Meyer, A., Sindaco, R., Romano, A. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Vipera aspis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61591A12503170. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61591A12503170.en. Accessed on 09 July 2022.

Vernacular names

български: Аспида
català: Escurçó pirinenc
Deutsch: Aspisviper
English: Asp Viper
español: áspid
euskara: Aspis sugegorri
suomi: Aspiskyy
arpetan: Vipèra
français: Vipère aspic
galego: Áspide
magyar: Áspisvipera
italiano: Aspide
日本語: アスプクサリヘビ
lietuvių: Europinė angis
македонски: Италијанска шарка
Nederlands: Aspisadder
polski: Żmija żebrowana
português: Víbora-áspide
русский: Асписовая гадюка
sardu: Pìbera
slovenčina: Vretenica aspis
slovenščina: Laški gad
svenska: Aspishuggorm
Türkçe: Avrupa engereği
українська: Гадюка аспідова
vèneto: Vipera