Vipera ammodytes

The viper ammodyte ( Vipera ammodytes ), or horned viper is a large squat viper which thanks to the small horn which finishes its muzzle, can be confused with no other European viper, except for the Vipère of Lataste, which does not occupy the same geographical surface. The english-speaking call besides it , viper with long nose.

The bites are rare but its venom is very active and dangerous for the man because it is injected in great quantity, but it is it less than that of the Vipère berus . Symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, pains abdominal, hypotension. It requires the injection of an antivenin (NB: to raise contradiction with the article on Vipera berus http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vip%C3%A8re_berus).

Subspecies

Vipera ammodytes ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri Sochurek, 1974
Vipera ammodytes meridionalis Boulenger, 1903
Vipera ammodytes montandoni Boulenger , 1904
Vipera ammodytes transcaucasiana Boulenger, 1913

Distribution

The species is present of Italy and Balkans at the Middle East: one finds it in Italy (the Alps), Austria (Carinthie, Styrie), Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia (of which certain islands of the Adriatic), Bosnia-Herzégovine, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece (of which the Cyclades: Paros, Antiparos, Andros and the small island of Strongylo), Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Syria and perhaps Lebanon.

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