Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Information Sheets

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Snakes of Italy

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences ((BRIEFSANIMAL))

Abstract

Different species of snakes on the Italian territory are presented. Biology, behavior, habitat, and corology are presented for each species. We can identify the biological cycle, the number of offspring, and the sizes that each species can reach. The information is presented along with illustrative images and a map of the distribution of the snakes.

The names adder and viper are interchangeable—they mean the same thing.

The true vipers are primarily a Euro-Africa group with the largest European/Middle Eastern genus being Vipera with some 30 species.

O’Shea (2005)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Abram S, Menegon M (1994) Vipere ed altri serpenti italiani. Siste Edizioni, Trento

    Google Scholar 

  • Achille G, Polini N (2011) Si fa presto a dire vipera. Piemonte parchi. Gennaio-Febbraio 202

    Google Scholar 

  • Agrimi U, Luiselli L (1994) Ecology of the snake Coronella girondica (Reptilia: Colubriadae) in central Italy. Vie Milieu Bonjuls sur Mer 44(3/4):203–210

    Google Scholar 

  • Andreone A, Sindaco R (eds) (1999) Erpetologia del Piemonte e della Valle d’Aosta. Atlante delgi Afibi e dei Retili. Monografie XXVI (1998), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino

    Google Scholar 

  • Aprea G, Odierna G, Capriglione T, Caputo V, Guarino FM (2000) Analisi cromosomica in tre specie del genere Natrix Duméril (Reptilia, Squamata). In: Giacoma C (ed) Atti del I° Congresso Nazionale della Societas Herpetologica Italica, pp 423–428. Torino 1996, Mus Reg Sci nat 821pp Torino

    Google Scholar 

  • Arnold EN, Burton JA (1986) Guida dei Rettili e degli Anfibi d’Europa. Franco Muzzio editore, Padova

    Google Scholar 

  • Barbanera F, Zuffi MAL, Guerrini M, Gentilli A, Tofanelli S, Fasola M, Dini F (2009) Molecular phylogeography of the asp viper Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Italy: evidence for introgressive hybridation and mitocondrial DNA capture. Mol Phylogenet Evol 52:103–114

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Barbieri F, Caldonazzi M, Pedrini P, Zanghellini S (1994) Gli anfibi ed i rettili del Parco Adamello-Brenta, riconoscimento, distribuzione, habitat, abitudini. Nuova stampa rapida s.r.l. Trento

    Google Scholar 

  • Boitani L, Corsi F, Falcucci A, Marzetti I, Masi M, Montemaggiori A, Ottaviani D, Reggiani G, Rondini C (2002) Rete ecologica dei Rettili. In: Rete Ecologica Nazionale, Un approccio alla conservazione dei vertebrati Italiani. Direzione per la conservazione della Natura. Università di Roma “La Sapienza”

    Google Scholar 

  • Bologna MA, Mazzotti S (2006) Analisi biogeografica. In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of Italian amphibias and reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, 655–676. Firenze

    Google Scholar 

  • Bologna MA, Capula M, Carpaneto GM, Cignini B, Marangoni C, Venchi A, Zapparoli M (2003) Anfibi e rettili a Roma. Atlante e guida delle specie presenti in città. Comune di Roma. Assessorato Ambiente, Assessorato Cultura. Stiligrafia srl. Roma

    Google Scholar 

  • Bombi P, Luiselli L, Capula M, Salvi D (2009) Predicting elusiveness: potential distribution model of Southern smooth snake, Coronella girondica, in Italy. Acta Herpetologica 4(1):7–13. Firenze University Press, Florence

    Google Scholar 

  • Bonaparte (1835) Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo II. Anfibi. Roma. Salviucci. pp 264

    Google Scholar 

  • Bruno S (1968) Sulla vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus 1758) in Italia. Mem Mus Civ Stor Nat 15:289–336

    Google Scholar 

  • Bruno S, Maugeri S (1998) Serpenti. Giunti, Firenze

    Google Scholar 

  • Caldonazzi M (2006) Vipera berus (Linnaeus 1758). In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of Italian amphibias and reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, pp 600–605

    Google Scholar 

  • Caldonazzi M, Pedrini P, Zanghellini S (2002) Atlante degli anfibi e dei rettili della prtovincia di Trento. (Amphibia, Reptilia). 1987–1996 con aggiornamenti al 2001. Studi Trent Sci Nat Acta Biol 77:176

    Google Scholar 

  • Camerano L (1888) Monografia degli Ofidi italiani Parte prima. Viperidi. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino, p 51

    Google Scholar 

  • Camerano L (1891) Monografia degli Ofidi italiani Parte II Colubridi e monografia dei cheloni italiani. Mem R Accad Sc Torino Sci Fis Mat Torino 2(41):403–481

    Google Scholar 

  • Canova L, Gentilli A (2008) Diet of the aspi viper Vipera aspis in woodland habitats of the Po plain (NW) Italy. Acta Herpetologica 3(2):175–178: Firenze University press, Florence

    Google Scholar 

  • Capula M (2007) Gli anfibi e i rettili della Riserva Naturale di Monte Catillo. Provincia di Roma, Assessorato alle Politiche dell’Agricoltura, dell’Ambiente, Caccia e Pesca, stampato presso Tipografia Mattei, Tivoli, pp 205–211

    Google Scholar 

  • Carlotto L, Dal Cengio S (2000) Colubro liscio, Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768 In: Gruppo Nisoria. Mus. Nat. Arch. In: Vicenza (ed) Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili della provincia di Vicenza, Gilberto Padovan Editore, Vicenza

    Google Scholar 

  • Carranza S, Arnold EN, Pleguezuelos JM (2006) Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of two Mediterranean snakes, Malpolon monspessulanus and Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Squamata, Colubridae), using mtDNA sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:532–546

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Corti C (2008) Colubro dal cappuccio, Macroprotodon cucullatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilarie in Savigny 1827). Atlante della Biodiversità della Sicilia: Vertebrati terrestri. Studi e Ricerche, 6, Arpa Sicilia. Palermo

    Google Scholar 

  • Corti C, Luiselli L (2000) Macroprotodon cucullatus, on Lampedusa island (Mediterranen Sea): notes on its natural history, morphometrics and conservation. Amphibian-Reptilia 22:129–134

    Google Scholar 

  • Corti C, Lo Cascio P, Vannini S, Turrisi GF, Vaccaro A (1998) Amphibians and reptiles of the circumsicilian island: new data and some considerations. Boll Mus Reg Sci Nat 15(1):179–211, Turin (1997)

    Google Scholar 

  • Corti C, Capula M, Luiselli L, Razzetti E, Sindaco R (eds) (2011) Fauna d’Italia, vol XLV. Reptilia. Edizioni Calderini de Il Sole 24 Ore Editoria specializzata S.r.l., XII, Bologna, p 869

    Google Scholar 

  • Daudin FM (1803) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Reptiles, ouvrage faisant suite à l'historie naturelle, générale et particulière composée par Leclrc De Buffon et redigée par. In: Sonnini CS (ed), vol 8. F Dufart, Paris, p 384

    Google Scholar 

  • Dall’Asta A, Dolce S (2006) Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus 1758) In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of Italian Amphibias and Reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, pp 588–593

    Google Scholar 

  • De Hann C (1999) Malpolon monspessulanus (Herman 1804). Europäische Eidechsennatter. In: Böhome W (ed), Handbuch der Reptilen und Amphibien Europas. Schlangen (serpentes) II. Aula Verlag, Wiebelsheim, Germany, pp 661–756

    Google Scholar 

  • De Smedt J (2006) The viper of the Europe. Print Druckerei Holzer, Halblech

    Google Scholar 

  • Diesner G, Reicholf J (1986) Les batraciens et les reptiles. Solar, Paris

    Google Scholar 

  • Ferri V (1994) Colubro lacertino, Malpolon monspessulanus (Herman, 1804). In: Doria G, Salvidio S (eds) Atlante degli anfibi e rettili della Liguria, Regione Liguria, Cataloghi dei Beni Naturali. Genova, p 151

    Google Scholar 

  • Ferri V (2002) Guida ai Serpenti d’Italia e d’Europa. Del Vecchi editore

    Google Scholar 

  • Ferri V, Sindaco R (1999) Vipera berus (Linnaeus 1758). In: Andreone F, Sindaco R (eds) Erpetologia del Piemonte e della Valle d’Aosta. Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili, Monografie XXVI (1998), Museo Regionale di Scoienze Naturali, Torino, pp 228–229

    Google Scholar 

  • Filippi E, Luiselli L (2003) Aspect of the ecology and conservation of the Meadow Viper, Vipera ursinii, in the Duchessa Mountains Natural Park (Latium, central Italy). In: Bologna MA, Capula M, Carpaneto GM (ed) Herpetological Bulletin, vol 86. Fratelli Palombi editore, Rome, pp 5–9

    Google Scholar 

  • Fleischmann FL (1831) Dalmatiae nova serpentum genera. Auctore, Friderico Ludovico Fleischmann, In commissis C Heyderi. Inaug. Diss. Univ Erlnagae. pp 35

    Google Scholar 

  • Fritz U, Corti C, Päckert M (2012) Mitochondrial DNA sequences suggest unexpected phylogenetic position of Corso-Sardinian grass snakes (Natrix cetti) and do not support their species status, with notes on phylogeography and subspecies delineation of grass snakes, vol 12. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, pp 71–80

    Google Scholar 

  • Furlan M, Poggiani L, (2002) Colubro liscio. In: Poggiani L, Dionisi V (eds) Gli anfibi e i rettili della provincia di Pesaro e Urbino. Quaderni dell’Ambiente

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasc J-P, Cabela A, Crnobrnja-Isailovic J, Dolmen D, Grossenbacher K, Haffner P, Lescure J, Martens H, Martìnez Rica JP, Maurin H, Oliveira ME, Sofianidou TS, Veith M, Zuiderwijk A (eds) (1997) Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe. Società Europea Herpetologica & Musèum National d’Histoire Naturelle (IEGB/SPN), Paris

    Google Scholar 

  • Gené G (1839) Synopsis reptilium Sardiniae indigenorum. Mem R Accad Sci Torino Sci Fis Mat (2)1:257–286 (Torino)

    Google Scholar 

  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire E (1827) Description des Reptiles qui se trouvent en Egypte. In: Historie Naturelle, Tomee I, Description de l'Égypte, ou, recueil de observations et des recherches en l'Égypte. Comission des sciences et arts d'Egypt, vol 8. Paris, pp 456

    Google Scholar 

  • Golay P, Monney J-C, Conelli A, Durand T, Thiery G, Zuffi ALM, Ursenbacher S (2008) Systematic of Swiss asp vipers: some implications for the European Vipera aspis (Linnaeus 1758) complex (Serpientes: Viperidae)—a tribute to Eugen Kramer. Amphibia-Reptilia 29(2008):71–83

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hect G (1930) Systematik, Ausbreitungsgeschichte und Oekologie der europäischen Arten der Gattung Tropidonotus (Kuhl) H Boie Mitt zool Mus Berl 16:244–393

    Google Scholar 

  • Hellmich W (1956) Die Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. (Winter naturwissenschaftliche Taschenbücher), 26. Carl Winter, Universitäsverlang, Heidemberg, pp 1–166

    Google Scholar 

  • Hermann J (1804) Observationes zoologicae quibus novae, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur opus posthumum edidt Fridericus Ludovicus Hammer. Argentorati. Paris. pp 332

    Google Scholar 

  • Jorger U, Stümpel N (2005) Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Schlangen (Serpentes) III. Aula-Verlag

    Google Scholar 

  • Kreiner G (2007) The Snakes of Europe. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt

    Google Scholar 

  • Lacépède BGE (1789) Histoire génénerale et particulière des Quadrupèdes ovipares et des Serpents, pour faire suite à l'Histoire naturelle des animaux de Buffon, vol 2. Imprimerie du Roi, Hôtel de Thou, Paris, pp 527

    Google Scholar 

  • Lanza B (1973) Gli Anfibi e i Rettili delle isole circumsiciliane. Lav soc ital. Biogeogr. (n.s.) 3(1972):755–804, Forlì

    Google Scholar 

  • Lanza B (1983) Guide per il riconoscimento delle specie animali delle acque interne italiane. 27. Anfibi e rettili (Amphibia, Reptilia). Collana del progetto Finalizzato “Promozione della Qualità dell’Ambiente” Aq/1/205. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, 196 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Lanza B, Bruzzone C (1960) Amphibia, Reptilia. In: Zavattairi E (ed) Coll, Biogeografia delle Isole Pelagie, fauna: vertebrati, Rend. Accad. Naz. XL, ser. 4, vol 11, pp 286–328

    Google Scholar 

  • Lapini L, dall’Asta A, Bressi N, Dolce S, Pellarini P (1999) Atlante corolgico degli Anfibi e dei Rettili del Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Ed. Mus. friulano St. nat., Pub. n. 43, 149, Udine

    Google Scholar 

  • Laurenti JN (1768) Specimen medicum, exhibens Synopsin Reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austricorum—Caes, Reg. Aulae Typogr. et bibliop. Typis Joan. Viennae, pp 84

    Google Scholar 

  • Lenk P, Joger U (1994) Genetic relationship between populations and intraspecific subdivision of Elaphe longissima (Laurenti 1768) as suggest by plasma protein electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting. Amphibia-Reptilia 22(3):329–339 (Leiden)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lenk P, Wüster W (1999) A multivariate approach to the systematic of Italian rat snake of the Elaphe longissima complex (Reptilia, Colubridae): revalidtion of Camerano’s Callopeltis longissimus var lineata. Herpetol J 9:153–162

    Google Scholar 

  • Lenk P, Joger U, Wink M (2001) Phylogenetic relationship among European ratsnake of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger based on mitochondrial DNA sequens comparisonos. Amphibia-Reptilia 22(3):329–339 Leiden

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Linnaeus C (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum charateribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima reformata. Tomus I. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Stoccolma. pp 823

    Google Scholar 

  • Luiselli L, Capula M (1997a) Comparison of female reproductive ecology in sympatric colubrid snakes Natrix natrix and Coronella austriaca from the Eastern Italian Alps. Bull Soc Herp France 78:19–28

    Google Scholar 

  • Luiselli L, Capula M (1997b) Food habits, growth rates, and reproductive biology of grass snake, Natrix natrix (Colubridae) in tha Italian Alps. J Zool 241:371–380 (London)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Luiselli L, Zimmermann P (1997) Thermal ecology and reproductive cyclicity of the snake Natrix tessellata in south-eastern Austria and central Italy: a comparative study. Amphibia-Reptilia 18:383–396

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Luiselli L, Capula M, Shine R (1996) Reproductive output, costs of reproduction, and ecology of the smooth snake, Coronella austriaca, in the eastern Italian Alps. Oecologia 106:100–110 Berlin

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Malkmus R (1982) Beitrag zur Verbreitung der Amphibien und Reptilien in Portugal. Salamandra, Frankfurt am Main 18(3–4):218–229

    Google Scholar 

  • Masseti M, Zuffi MAL (2011) On the origin of the asp viper Vipera aspis hugyi Schinz, 1833, on the island of Montecristo, northen Tyrrhenian Sea (Tuscan archipelago, Italy). Herpetological J 117

    Google Scholar 

  • Mazzotti S, Caramori G, Barbieri C (1999) Atlante degli anfibi e dei Rettili dell’Emila-Romagna (Aggiornamento 1993/1997). Quad Staz Ecol Mus Civ St. nat 12:1–121

    Google Scholar 

  • Mertens R (1957) Unterlagen zu einer “Herpetologia tyrrhenica” V Die Amphibien und Reptilien Korsikas. Senckenbergiana Biologica 38(3–4):175–192

    Google Scholar 

  • Obst FJ (1983) Zur Kenntnis der Schlangen gattung Vipera (Reptila, Serpentes, Viperadae). Zoologische Abh Staatliches Mus Fur Tierkunde Dresden 38:229–235 (Dresden)

    Google Scholar 

  • O’shea M (2005) Venemous snakes of the world. New holland publisher, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Physalix M (1922) Animaux venimeux et venins, vol II. Masson & Cie éditeurs, Paris, XII

    Google Scholar 

  • Pleguezuelos JM, Fahd S (2004) Body siz, diet and reproductive ecology of Coluber hippocrepis in the Rif (Northen Marocco). Amphibia-Reptilia 25:287–302

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pleguezuelos JM, Moreno M (1990) Alimentacion de Coluber hippocrepis en el SE de la península Ibérica. Rev Esp Herp 3:2

    Google Scholar 

  • Pozio E (1983) The biology of freeliving and captive Elaphe situla. Litteratura Serpentium 3(2/3):50–60 (Utrecht)

    Google Scholar 

  • Prestt I (1971) An ecological study of the adder, Vipera berus, southern Britain. J Zool 164:373–418 (London)

    Google Scholar 

  • Razzetti E, Bonini L (2006) Coronella girondica (Daubin 1803). In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of Italian Amphibias and Reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, pp 530–535

    Google Scholar 

  • Razzetti E, Bonini L, Andreone F (2001) Lista ragionata di nomi comuni degli anfibi e dei rettili italiani. Italian J Zool 68(3):243–259

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Renker G (1966) Verkanntes Schlangenvolk. Adolf Sponhltz Verlag Hamelen, Hannover, pp 1–160

    Google Scholar 

  • Salvador A (1985) Guía de campo de los anfibios y reptiles de la Península Ibérica, Islas Baleares y Canarias. Santiago García, León

    Google Scholar 

  • Santos X, Llorente AG (2009) Decline of a common reptile: case of the viperine snake Natrix maura in a meditterranea wetland. Acta Herpetologica 4(2):161–169 (Florence University Press, Florence)

    Google Scholar 

  • Scali S, Mangiacotti M, Bonardi A (2008) Living on the edge: habitat selection of Hierphis viridiflavus. Acta Herpetologica 3(2):85–97 (Firenze University Press, Florence)

    Google Scholar 

  • Schätti B (1986) Morphological evidence for a partition of the genus Coluber (Reptilia: serpentes). In: Roček Z (ed) Studies in Herpetology, Proceeding European Herpetological Meeting, 3rd Ordinary General Meeting Societas Europea Herpetologica. Prague 1985. Charles University Press, Pragha, pp 235–238

    Google Scholar 

  • Schätti B (1988) Systematik und Evolution der Schlangengattung Hierophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Reptilia, serpentes). Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der philosophischen Doctror Würde vorgelegt der Philosophichen Fakultät Zürich, Zurigo

    Google Scholar 

  • Schätti B (1993) Coluber hippocrepis Linnaeus, 1758, Hufeisennatter. In: Böhme (Hrsg) Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 3/I, Schlangen I, Wiesbaden (Aula), pp 115–130

    Google Scholar 

  • Schätti B, Utiger U (2001) Hemorphis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old Wold races, whip snakes and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. suisse Zool. 108(4):919–948 (Ginevre)

    Google Scholar 

  • Schinz KR (1834) Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien. Wiedmann, Leipzig. pp 240

    Google Scholar 

  • Schneider B (1971) Das Tyrrhenisproblem. Interpretation auf zoogeographischer Grundlage. Dargestellt an Amphibien und Reptilien. Inaugural-Dissertation Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Philosphie der philoscophischen Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes. Universitätsbibliothek, Saarbrücken. pp 362

    Google Scholar 

  • Schulz KD (1996) A monograph of the Colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein

    Google Scholar 

  • Scillitani G, Turrisi FG, Vaccaro A (2006) Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/ Atlas of Italian Amphibias and Reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, pp 584–587

    Google Scholar 

  • Sindaco R, Doria G, Razzetti E, Bernini F (2006) Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of italian Amphibias and Reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, p 173

    Google Scholar 

  • Spellerberg IF, Phelps TE (1977) Biology, general ecology and behaviour of the snake Coronella austriaca. Biol J Linn Soc 9:133–164

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stergulc F (1986) Vipere. Ecologia—Etologia Rapporti con l’uomo. Ed. Paoline, Torino

    Google Scholar 

  • Szyndlar Z (1984) Fossil snake of Poland. Acta Zool 28:1–159 (Cracovia)

    Google Scholar 

  • Tortonese E, Rossi L (1954) Contributo allo studio biologico del Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso (Alpi piemontesi) Gran piano di Noasca e dintorni. Att Soc it Sci Nat Mus Civ St. nat 93(3–4):437–488 (Milano)

    Google Scholar 

  • Turrisi GF, Vaccaro A (1998) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Anfibi e dei Rettili di Sicilia. Boll Accad Gioenia Sci Nat 30(353) (1997):5–88 (Catania)

    Google Scholar 

  • Újvàri B, Madsen T, Kotenko T, Olsson M, Shine R, Wittzell H (2002) Low genetic diversity threatens imminent extinction for the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis). Biol Conser 105:127–130 (Elsevier)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ursenbacher S, Conelli A, Golay P, Monney JC, Zuffi MAL, Thiery G, Durand T, Fumagalli L (2005) Phylogeografy of the asp viper (Vipera aspis) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data: evidence for multiple mediterranean refugial areas. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2006 Feb 38(2):546–52 (Epub 6 Oct 2005)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ursenbacher S, Scheiger S, Tomović L, Crnobrnja-Isailvić J, Fumagalli L, Mayer W (2007) Molecular phylogeography of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes, Linnaeus, 1758): evidence for high genetic diversity and multiple refugia in the Balkan Peninsula. Mol Phylogenet Evol. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.002

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Vanni S, Lanza B (1977) Predation by the European whip snake, Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède, on the asp viper, Vipera aspis (Linnaeus). Natura Soc Ital Sci nat 68(3–4):285–289 (Milan)

    Google Scholar 

  • Vanni S, Nistri A (2006a) Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède 1789). In: Atlante degli anfibi e dei rettili della Toscana. Università degli studi di Firenze. Museo di Storia naturale dell’Università degli studi di Firenze Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”. Edizioni Regione Toscana

    Google Scholar 

  • Vanni S, Nistri AM (2006b) Hirophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789). In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of Italian Amphibias and Reptiles. Societas Herpetologica Italica. Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, pp 544–547

    Google Scholar 

  • Zuffi MAL (2002) Acritique of the systematic position of the asp viper subspecies Vipera aspis aspis (Linnaeus 1758), Vipera aspis atra Meisner, 1820, Vipera aspis francisciredi Laurenti, 1768, Vipera aspis hugyi Schinz, 1833 and Vipera aspis zinnkeri Kramer, 1958. Amphibia-Reptilia 23(2):191–213 (Leida)

    Google Scholar 

  • Zuffi MAL, Bonnet X (1999) Italian subspecies of the asp viper, Vipera aspis: patterns of variability and distribution. Ital J Zool 66:87–95

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Ecology and Botany, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy

    Gabriele Achille

Authors
  1. Gabriele Achille
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Gabriele Achille .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2015 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Achille, G. (2015). Information Sheets. In: Snakes of Italy. SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14106-0_11

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation