Vipera seoanei cantabrica
| 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 | |
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Vipera seoanei cantabrica Braña & Bas, 1983 |
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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)."
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