COL·V7H46speciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Eastern sand viper
Vipera meridionalis Boulenger, 1903
Also calledTurkish Nose-horned Viper [transcaucasiana] (eng)
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Recorded from
- Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan
- Also published as
- Coluber ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758; Vipera ammodytes Linnaeus, 1766; Vipera pontica Billing, Nilson & Sattler, 1990
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Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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References
- Andonov, K., Dyugmedzhiev, A., Naumov, B., Todorov, N., & Vergilov, V. (2025). A comparative analysis of female genitalia of seven Old World snakes using a recently proposed technique. Acta Herpetologica.
- Bringsøe, & Henrik. (2019). Vipera ammodytes, “Sand Viper” – origin of its name, and a sand habitat in Greece. Podarcis 10 (2): 23-34.
- Schweizer, H. (1941). Die Bastardform von Vipera aspis aspis X Vipera ammodytes ammodytes. Wochenschr. Aquar. Terrarienkunde 38: 345-346.
- Shine, R., & Madsen, T. (1994). Sexual dichromatism in snakes of the genus Vipera: A review and a new evolutionary hypothesis. Journal of Herpetology 28 (1): 114-117.
- Barnett, Brian F. (1991). Breeding results: Vipera ammodytes ammodytes - Sandviper. Litteratura Serpentium 11 (6): 144.
- Clark, R. J. (1967). Centipede in Stomach of Young Vipera ammodytes meridionalis. Copeia 1967 (1): 224.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.