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Macrovipera lebetina obtusa03🐍

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SpeciesViperidae
Reptiles

🐍Macrovipera lebetinus

Macrovipera lebetinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Macrovipera lebetinus, known as the blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper, and by other common names, is a viper species found on islands in the Aegean Sea, in Algeria, and in much of the Middle East, and as far east as India. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate race described here.

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Macrovipera lebetina
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
1.31 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
13 years
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Body mass
1.31 kg
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data quality: acceptable

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Maximum lifespan
13 years
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1.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyViperidae
  5. ›genusMacrovipera
  6. ›speciesMacrovipera lebetinus
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  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  3. subfamilyViperinae
  4. genusMacrovipera
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. familyViperidae
  13. subfamilyViperinae
  14. genusMacrovipera
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צפע מזרחי (he), Гюрза (ru), Macrovipera lebetina (fr), Koca engerek (tr), Levantei vipera (hu), Гюрза (uk) … and 16 more languages
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