Vipera berus sachalinensis
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Vipera berus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Island adder[1] a.k.a. Sakhalin adder[2]) is a viper subspecies[3] endemic to Asia.[4] Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
Geographic range
It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur), China (Jilin), North Korea, and on Sakhalin Island.[4]
According to Schwarz (1936), the type locality is "Sachalin" (= Sakhalin Island, Russia).[5]
Taxonomy
McDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. sachalinensis as a subspecies of V. berus.[5] However, it has been considered a full species in recent literature.[4]
References
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.
- Schwarz, Ernst. 1936. Untersuchungen über Systematik und Verbreitung der europäischen und mediterranen Otter. In: Die europäischen und mediterranen Ottern und ihre Gifte. Behringwerk-Mitteilungen 7: 159-362.
- Zarevskij, Sergei Fedorovich. 1917. [New Forms of the Genus Vipera found in the Russian Empire: Vipera tigrina, new species, and Vipera berus var. sachalinensis, new variation?]. [Annals of the Museum of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences, Petrograd ] 21: 37. (in Russian).
External links
- ↑ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ a b c Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. Template:ISBN.
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