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Vipera (Vipera) aspis (asp viper)

Osteichthyes - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Coluber aspis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Vipera, Vipera (Vipera).

It was recombined as Vipera aspis by Mertens and Müller (1928); it was recombined as Vipera (Vipera) aspis by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. aegertica, V. latasti, V. ursinii, V. kuchurganica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Coluber aspis Linnaeus p. 218
1928Vipera aspis Mertens and Müller p. 51/52
1992Vipera (Vipera) aspis Szyndlar and Zerova p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
subfamilyViperinae
genusVipera
subgenusVipera
speciesaspis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vipera (Vipera) aspis Linnaeus 1758 [asp viper]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Verona) Vipera aspis (206747)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Vipera aspis (34920)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Vipera aspis (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Vipera aspis (84938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Vipera aspis (34926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castilla-Leon) Vipera aspis (34925)