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Species
VulnerableSteppe Viper
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyViperidae
Continent: Near-East Asia EuropeDistribution: Armenia, NW Iran, NE Turkey Type locality: Yerevan (at 2000 m elevation), Armenia.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 149
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Viperidae
- Collections
- UTEP, MVZ, CAS, MNHN, MSUM
- Recorded in
- Romania, Hungary, Georgia, China, France, Autriche, Ukraine, Italie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- vipers
- Named after
- Antonio Orsini
- Image
- Vipera ursinii macrops.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Vipera ursinii
- Commons category
- Vipera ursinii
- Commons gallery
- Vipera ursinii
- taxon common name
- Orsinis Viper
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- short name
- V. ursinii
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Encyclopedic overview
Vipera ursinii is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. It is a very rare species, which is in danger of extinction. This species is commonly called the meadow viper, Orsini's viper, Ursini's viper, and the meadow adder. It is found in southeast France, the central Apennines in Italy, as well as fragmented areas of eastern Europe. Several subspecies are recognized.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vipera ursinii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.