Vipera berus sachalinensis (Sakhalin Island adder[2] a.k.a. Sakhalin adder[3]) is a viper subspecies[4] endemic to Asia.[5] Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Vipera |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | V. b. sachalinensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Vipera berus sachalinensis Zarevskij, 1917
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Geographic range
editIt is found in the Russian Far East (Amur), China (Jilin), North Korea, and on Sakhalin Island.[5]
According to Schwarz (1936), the type locality is "Sachalin" (= Sakhalin Island, Russia).[1]
Taxonomy
editMcDiarmid et al. (1999) follow Golay et al. (1993) and recognize V. b. sachalinensis as a subspecies of V. berus.[1] However, it has been considered a full species in recent literature.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
- ^ "Vipera berus sachalinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2006.
- ^ a b c Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
Further reading
edit- Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. 478 pp.
- Schwarz, Ernst. 1936. Untersuchungen über Systematik und Verbreitung der europäischen und mediterranen Otter. In: Die europäischen und mediterranen Ottern und ihre Gifte. Behringwerk-Mitteilungen 7: 159-362.
- Zarevskij, Sergei Fedorovich. 1917. [New Forms of the Genus Vipera found in the Russian Empire: Vipera tigrina, new species, and Vipera berus var. sachalinensis, new variation?]. [Annals of the Museum of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences, Petrograd ] 21: 37. (in Russian).
External links
edit- Vipera berus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2007.