Vipera latastei gaditana
{{Short description|Subspecies of snake}}
{{Subspeciesbox
| image = Lataste's viper imported from iNaturalist photo 195892319 on 5 September 2023.jpg
| genus = Vipera
| species = latastei
| subspecies = gaditana
| authority = Saint-Girons, 1977McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).
}}
Vipera latastei gaditana is a viper subspecies{{ITIS |id=635260 |taxon=Vipera latastei gaditana |accessdate=17 August 2006}} endemic to southern Spain and Portugal, as well as North Africa.Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. {{ISBN|0-89464-877-2}}. Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
Description
Holotype: MG 1352.99.
Geographic range
According to Saint-Girons (1977), it is found in southern Spain and Portugal, as well as North Africa. McDiarmid et al. (1999) describe the north African part of the range as being the Mediterranean region of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
The type locality is given as "Coto Doñana, Huelva, Espagne".
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- Saint-Girons H. 1977. Systématique de Vipera latastei latastei Bosca, 1878 et description de Vipera latastei gaditana, subsp. n. (Reptilia, Viperidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 84: 599–607.
{{refend}}
External links
{{Commons|Vipera latastei}}
- {{NRDB species|genus=Vipera|species=latastei|date=21 November|year=2007}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q7933479}}