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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| color = pink
| name = ''Vipera monticola''
| name = ''Vipera monticola''
| status =  NT
| status =  <!-- NT -->
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_system = iucn3.1
| trend = down
| trend = down
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake (animal)|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| species = '''''V. monticola'''''
| species = '''''V. monticola'''''
| binomial = ''Vipera monticola''
| binomial = ''Vipera monticola''
| binomial_authority = [[H. Saint-Girons|Saint-Girons]], [[1954]]
| binomial_authority = Saint-Girons, 1954
| synonyms = * ''Vipera latastei montana'' - Saint-Girons, 1953
| synonyms = * ''Vipera latastei montana'' - Saint-Girons, 1953
* ''Vipera latastei monticola'' - Saint-Girons, 1954
* ''Vipera latastei monticola'' - Saint-Girons, 1954
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'''Common names:''' Atlas mountain viper.<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref>
'''Common names:''' Atlas mountain viper.<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref>
 
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'''''Vipera monticola''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] endemic in [[Morocco]].<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634996|taxon=Vipera monticola|year=2006|date=18 August}}</ref>
'''''Vipera monticola''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species endemic in Morocco.<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634996 ''Vipera monticola'' (TSN 634996)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 2 July 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
A very small species with a maximum length of less than 40 cm.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> Spawls and Branch (1995) describe it as the smallest member of the [[genus]] [[Vipera]], reaching a length of only 345 mm.<ref name="SB95"/>
A very small species with a maximum length of less than 40 cm.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> Spawls and Branch (1995) describe it as the smallest member of the genus [[Vipera]], reaching a length of only 345 mm.<ref name="SB95"/>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
[[High Atlas|High Atlas Mountains]], [[Morocco]]. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Haut-Atlas, [[Toubkal|Massif du Toubkal]], Maroc ... qu'entre 2.500 et 3.900 m" [Toubkal Massif, High Atlas Mountains, southwestern Morocco].<ref name="McD99"/>
Found in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The type locality given is "Haut-Atlas, Massif du Toubkal, Maroc ... qu'entre 2.500 et 3.900 m" (Toubkal Massif, High Atlas Mountains, southwestern Morocco).<ref name="McD99"/>


==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==
This species is classified as Near Threatened (NT) according to the [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001). Listed as such because its extent of occurrence is likely not much more than 20,000 km², and the extent and quality of its habitat are probably declining, therefore making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable. Year assessed: 2005.<ref name="ICUN-VM>[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61593/summ ''Vipera monticola''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref><ref name="IUCN-31">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria2001 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref>
This species is classified as Near Threatened (NT) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001). Listed as such because its extent of occurrence is likely not much more than 20,000 km², and the extent and quality of its habitat are probably declining, therefore making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable. Year assessed: 2005.<ref name="ICUN-VM>[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61593/summ ''Vipera monticola''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref><ref name="IUCN-31">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria2001 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref>
 
==See also==
* ''[[Vipera]]''.
* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Synonymy|True vipers - Synonymy]].
* [[Snakebite]].


==Cited references==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=monticola}}
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:CZ Live]]

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Vipera monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. monticola
Binomial name
Vipera monticola
Saint-Girons, 1954
Synonyms
  • Vipera latastei montana - Saint-Girons, 1953
  • Vipera latastei monticola - Saint-Girons, 1954
  • Vipera latasti monticola - Klemmer, 1963
  • Vipera monticola - Beerli, Billing & Schätti[1]

Common names: Atlas mountain viper.[2]  
 
Vipera monticola is a venomous viper species endemic in Morocco.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Description

A very small species with a maximum length of less than 40 cm.[4] Spawls and Branch (1995) describe it as the smallest member of the genus Vipera, reaching a length of only 345 mm.[2]

Geographic range

Found in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The type locality given is "Haut-Atlas, Massif du Toubkal, Maroc ... qu'entre 2.500 et 3.900 m" (Toubkal Massif, High Atlas Mountains, southwestern Morocco).[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Near Threatened (NT) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001). Listed as such because its extent of occurrence is likely not much more than 20,000 km², and the extent and quality of its habitat are probably declining, therefore making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable. Year assessed: 2005.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
  3. ↑ Vipera monticola (TSN 634996) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 2 July 2007.
  4. ↑ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  5. ↑ Vipera monticola at IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  6. ↑ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
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