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Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.2
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Assessment of the Linnaean type material of the Nose-horned viper, Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

2051 Biatorbágy; Jókai Mór str. 14; Hungary
Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship; Villanova University; 800 Lancaster Avenue; Villanova; Pennsylvania 19085; USA
National Museum of Natural History; Tsar Osvoboditel blvd. 1; Sofia 1000; Bulgaria
University of Belgrade; Faculty of Biology; Studentski trg 16; 11000 Belgrade; Serbia
Kokkini 1410; 491 00 Corfu; Greece
Swedish Museum of Natural History; Department of Zoology; PO Box 50007; SE-10405 Stockholm; Sweden
Reptilia Coluber ammodytes montandoni illyrica lectotype Linnaeus Linné type locality Türkiye

Abstract

Within the framework of surveys investigating the origins of Linnaean taxa, we assessed the evidence supporting historical taxonomic and nomenclatural proposals and decisions regarding the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes). The viper was described as Coluber ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758 from “the Orient.” Bruno (1968) assessed the pre-Systema Naturae Ed. 10 sources and designated the specimen described in detail by Linnaeus as the lectotype of the species and restricted the type locality to near Castello Nuovo di Duino (Trieste, Venezia Giulia NW), NE Italy. We used a two-pronged approach using literary sources and statistical analyses to show that previous type locality restrictions suggested by different authors (including Bruno), were made incorrectly, without a proper assessment of the history or the morphological characteristics of the existing type material. Our surveys suggest that the lectotype was collected by the Swedish diplomat Edvard Carleson (1704–1767) in Belgrad Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Belgrad village, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Türkiye, between August 1738 and June 1746. In light of our results, the populations currently known as V. a. montandoni Boulenger, 1904 become the nominotypical subspecies, with the type locality Belgrad Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Belgrad village, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Türkiye. Nose-horned viper populations from the north-western and central parts of the distribution range of the species that were regarded as nominotypical, thus become Vipera ammodytes illyrica (Laurenti, 1768).

 

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