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Vipera seoanei LATASTE, 1879

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesVipera seoanei seoanei LATASTE 1879
Vipera seoanei cantabrica BRAÑA & BAS 1983 
Common NamesE: Portugese Viper
G: Nordiberische Kreuzotter 
SynonymVipera berus seoanei LATASTE 1879: 132
Vipera berus seoanei LATASTE 1879: 133
[Pelias] seoanei — REUSS 1927: 127
Vipera seoanei — SAINT-GIRONS & DUGUY 1976: 328
Vipera (Vipera) seoanei — OBST 1983: 232
Vipera seoanei — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Vipera seoanei — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 408
Vipera (Pelias) seoanei — VENCHI & SINDACO 2006
Pelias seoanei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 545

Vipera seoanei cantabrica BRAÑA & BAS 1983
Vipera seoanei cantabrica BRAÑA & BAS 1983
Vipera seoanei cantabrica — WELCH 1994: 123
Vipera seoanei cantabrica — KWET 2007

Vipera seoanei seoanei LATASTE 1879
Vipera berus seoanei LATASTE 1879
Vipera seoanei seoanei — BRAÑA & BAS 1983
Vipera berus seoanei — HARDING & WELCH 1980
Vipera seoanei seoanei — WELCH 1994: 123
Vipera seoanei seoanei — SCHWEIGER 2009 
DistributionN Portugal, NW Spain

seoanei: N Portugal, N Spain, SW France; Type locality: “in montibus Gallaecorum et cantabrorum ... d’espagne” (Galician and cantabrian Mts., spain). MERTENS &
Müller (1928) restricted to “cabañas, prov. coruña, Spanien” [cabanas near ferrol, coruna prov., according to Golay et al. (1993)].

cantabrica: NW Spain; Type locality: "Faro, Caurel (Lugo)", paratype location: “Villablino (León)”  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.21.44-45 (and possibly additional specimens).
Holotype: ARAN no 456-464 (Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain), 8 paratypes: as holotype; 2 paratypes in the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva (MHNG 9581 and 9599), and 2 more paratypes in UNIOVI (Zoology and Ecology Department of University of Oviedo), no 75191001 and 79290601), 1 paratype in MNCN 39119 [cantabrica] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1931 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

There are also striped variants of this species.

Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. 
Etymologynamed after Victor Lopez Seoane (1832-1900), Spanish physician and naturalist. 
References
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