Vipera aspis hugyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Vipera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | V. a. hugyi
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Trinomial name | |
Vipera aspis hugyi
Schinz, 1833
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Vipera aspis hugyi is a venomous viper subspecies [4] endemic to southern Italy. [5]
Usually, it is marked with a fused zigzag stripe and has a distinctly raised snout. Specimens from Montecristo Island, sometimes referred to as V. a. montecristi, are similar, but with a reduced tendency for the dorsal markings to fuse. [6]
The species is also known as the Southern Italian asp, [2] the South-Italian asp viper, [3] or Hugy's viper. [7] Previously, several other common names were used to describe a subspecies that is now part of the synonymy of this form, the Monte Cristo viper [2] or Monte Cristo asp viper [3] for Vipera aspis montecristi.
It is found in Italy in Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Montecristo Island. [5]