Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Order Squamata > Suborder Serpentes > Superfamily Colubroidea > Family Viperidae > Genus Vipera

Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Coluber Linnaeus, 1758

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Genus group names

*Vipera*	Laurenti, 1768	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Pepelyankа; Пепелянка sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

English: Nose-horned viper; Nose-horned viper sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE));english PESI focal point

French: Vipère des sables

German: Europäische Hornviper; Sandviper sources: Germany PESI focal point

Greek: Οχιά sources: Greek PESI focal point

Italian: Vipera dal corno sources: italian PESI focal point

Lithuanian: raguotoji angis sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Romanian: Vipera cu corn sources: Romania PESI focal point

Russian: гадюка носатая; песчаная випера; рогатая гадюка sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: modras sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Víbora cornuda sources: spanish PESI focal point

Turkish: Boynuzlu engerek sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Гадюка носата

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Citation

Prof. Alain Dubois. Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9e872818-a643-4940-86f5-2cd002090b87

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