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Vipera seoanei cantabrica

Vipera seoanei cantabrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. seoanei
Subspecies: V. s. cantabrica
Trinomial name
Vipera seoanei cantabrica
Braña & Bas, 1983

Vipera seoanei cantabrica is a venomous viper subspeciesendemic to the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain.

This subspecies is described as the fourth (of four) main color-pattern types for V. seoanei -- a highly polymorphic species. V. s. cantabrica has a fragmented zigzag pattern that can appear as transverse bands along the back. This morph resembles a pattern seen in V. aspis.

It is found in the south central parts of the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain.

The type locality given is "Faro, Caurel (Lugo)."


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