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Moorish viper
Conservation status
Moorish viper
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Daboia
Species:
D. mauritanica
Binomial name
Daboia mauritanica
(Duméril & Bibron, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Echidna mauritanica - Duméril & Bibron, 1848
  • Clotho ? mauritanica - Gray, 1849
  • Vipera minuta - Eichwald, 1851
  • Bitis mauritanica - Günther, 1858
  • Vipera confluenta - Cope, 1863
  • Vipera mauritanica - Strauch, 1869
  • Vipera euphratica var. mauritanica - Boettger, 1883
  • Vipera lebetina - Boulenger, 1896
  • Vipera lebetina mauritanica - Schwartz, 1936
  • Daboia (Daboia) lebetina mauritanica - Obst, 1983
  • Macrovipera mauritanica - Herrmann, Joger & Nilson, 1992

The Moorish viper (Daboia mauritanica or Macrovipera mauritanica; common names: Moorish viper,[2] Sahara rock viper,[3] Atlas blunt-nosed viper,[4] more) is a venomous viper species found in northwestern Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
  4. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  5. ^ "Macrovipera mauritanica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 August 2006.

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