:''Common names: transdanubian sand viper.
[Steward JW. 1971. ''The Snakes of Europe''. Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Press (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). 238 pp. LCCCN 77-163307. .]''
''Vipera ammodytes montandoni'' is a
venomous viper
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subspecies
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to
Bulgaria and southern
Romania.
[Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. .]
Etymology
The
subspecific name, ''montandoni'', is in honor of "M. A. Montandon" who sent some of the first specimens of this snake to
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* Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo
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Description
According to Boulenger (1913): "Naso-rostral shield never reaching the
canthus rostralis nor the summit of the
rostral shield, which is deeper than broad (once and one seventh to once and a half); rostral appendage clad with 10-14 scales, in three (rarely two or four) transverse series between the rostral shield and the apex.
Dorsal scales in 21 rows
t midbody Ventral shields 149 to 158;
subcaudals 30 to 38. A more or less distinct blotch on the lower lip, involving five to seven
labial shields without complete interruption. Lower surface of end of tail yellow."
[ Boulenger GA. 1913. ''The Snakes of Europe''. London: Methusen & Co. Ltd. 145 pp]
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Geographic range
Bulgaria and southern
Romania.
References
Further reading
*
Boulenger GA. 1904. On the Sand-Viper of Roumania (''Vipera ammodytes'' var. ''Montandoni'' ). ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series'' 14: 134-135.
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ammodytes montandoni
Reptiles described in 1904