Vipera seoanei cantabrica | |
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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)."