Gruber (2009): Die Schlangen Europas .......
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:24 pmGruber, U. (2009): Die Schlangen Europas. Alle Arten Europas und des Mittelmeerraums
(The snakes of Europe and the mediterranean area)
Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.
ISBN 978-3-440-11476-6
266 pp.
217 color photos, 36 drawings and 98 distribution maps.
Unfortunately, I found a lot of errors, here some examples of the vipers part:
Cerastes cerastes: both, non valid subspecies, C.c.mutila and C.c.karlhartli are listed. But Cerastes gasperetti is not included as full species.
The synonym Echis arenicola is used instead of the valid name Echis leucogaster.
The old fairytale, Macrovipera lebetina from Cyprus is giving birth to living young is pronounced.
But cypriotic lebetinas have been bred in captivity and it has been published, they are egg-layers too (Gumprecht, A. & U. Lauten. 1997. Zur Fortpflanzung und Haltung der Levante-Otter Macrovipera lebetina lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758). Sauria, 19(1): 39-43.
Macrovipera deserti is a subspecies of Macrovipera mauritanica.
Vipera ammodytes: Vipera transcaucasiana is a subspecies of Vipera ammodytes, and not a valid species.
Vipera aspis atra is now a synonym of Vipera aspis aspis.
Vipera ursinii rakosiensis doesn´t (or didn´t) live in UPPER Austria.
There is no Pseudocerastes persicus in Turkey. "Horned" vipers are false interpreted Montivipera raddei.
a.s.o.
(The snakes of Europe and the mediterranean area)
Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.
ISBN 978-3-440-11476-6
266 pp.
217 color photos, 36 drawings and 98 distribution maps.
Unfortunately, I found a lot of errors, here some examples of the vipers part: Cerastes cerastes: both, non valid subspecies, C.c.mutila and C.c.karlhartli are listed. But Cerastes gasperetti is not included as full species.
The synonym Echis arenicola is used instead of the valid name Echis leucogaster.
The old fairytale, Macrovipera lebetina from Cyprus is giving birth to living young is pronounced.
But cypriotic lebetinas have been bred in captivity and it has been published, they are egg-layers too (Gumprecht, A. & U. Lauten. 1997. Zur Fortpflanzung und Haltung der Levante-Otter Macrovipera lebetina lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758). Sauria, 19(1): 39-43.
Macrovipera deserti is a subspecies of Macrovipera mauritanica.
Vipera ammodytes: Vipera transcaucasiana is a subspecies of Vipera ammodytes, and not a valid species.
Vipera aspis atra is now a synonym of Vipera aspis aspis.
Vipera ursinii rakosiensis doesn´t (or didn´t) live in UPPER Austria.
There is no Pseudocerastes persicus in Turkey. "Horned" vipers are false interpreted Montivipera raddei.
a.s.o.