🐍Vipera ammodytes
Vipera ammodytes, commonly known as horned viper, long-nosed viper, nose-horned viper, and sand viper, is a species of viper found in northern Italy, the Balkans, and parts of Asia Minor. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. It is reputed to be the most dangerous of the European vipers due to its large size, long fangs and high venom toxicity. The specific name, ammodytes, is derived from the Greek words ammos, meaning "sand", and dutes, meaning "burrower" or "diver", despite its preference for rocky habitats. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2009.
- Body mass
- 0.22 kg
- Body length
- 1.1 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Vipera ammodytes
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.22 kgrecord 0.69 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Body length1.1 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan22 yearsrecord 30 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousYesReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.61 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Vipera ammodytes yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- subfamilyViperinae
- genusVipera
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyViperinae
- genusVipera
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