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Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes (sand viper)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Coluber ammodytes was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Coluber ammodytes Linnaeus p. 216
1928Vipera ammodytes Mertens and Müller p. 51
1992Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes Szyndlar and Zerova p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
subfamilyViperinae
genusVipera
subgenusVipera
speciesammodytes()

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) ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 [sand viper]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 15 to the top of the MN 16 or 4.16000 to 2.24500 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Vipera ammodytes (136066 136067)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Vipera ammodytes (33396)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Vipera ammodytes (33473 33638)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Vipera ammodytes (34767)