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    Species Accepted

    Vipera monticola Saint Girons, 1953

    Atlas Dwarf Viper

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Atlas Dwarf Viper English
      Atlas Viper English
      Atlaszwergotter German
      Lafâa Mo-nif Arabic
      Mountain Viper English
      North African Atlas Dwarf Viper English
      Vipera dell'Atlante Italian
      Vipere de l'Atlas French
      Vipère de l'Atlas French
      Víbora Montana Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      33 results
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      Freitas, Inês; Soumia Fahd, Guillermo Velo-Antón and Fernando Martínez-Freiría. (2018). Chasing the phantom: biogeography and conservation of Vipera latastei-monticola in the Maghreb (North Africa). Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (2): 145–161.
      Martínez-Freiría, F., Freitas, I., Velo-Antón, G., Lucchini, N., Fahd, S., Larbes, S., Pleguezuelos, J. M., Santos, X., & Brito, J. C. (2021). Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in the Vipera latastei–monticola complex. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 00, 1– 29.
      Obst, F. J. (1983). Zur Kenntnis der Schlangengattung Vipera. Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkunde Dresden 38: 229-235.
      O’Shea, M. (2018). The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London,.
      Beerli, P. Billing,H. & Schätti,B. (1986). Taxonomischer Status von Vipera latasti monticola Saint Girons 1953 (Serpentes, Viperidae). Salamandra 22: 101-104.
      Gruber, U. (2009). Die Schlangen Europas, 2. Aufl. Kosmos Naturführer, 266 Pp.
      Avella, Ignazio; Nahla Lucchini, Urtzi Enriquez-Urzelai, Frederico Corga & Fernando Martínez-Freiría. (2019). New records for the reptile fauna of the Tichka plateau (western High Atlas, Morocco). Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp. 30 (2).
      Boudajbir, C., Martínez-Freiría, F., Brahim, C., Fahd, S., & Brito, J. C. (2025). Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in the Moroccan section of the Mediterranean Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve: distribution patterns and habitat use. Basic and Applied Herpetology.
      Phelps, T. (2010). Old World Vipers. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 558 Pp. [Critical Review in Sauria 33 (3): 19 and HR 43: 503].

      Citation

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