Re: New Italian Vipera
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 3:43 pm
Thanks to Ilian, Jeroen and Gregoire!
I agree with all of you, and my opinions are only the opinions of a layman, who has studied yes, but not in particular these matters of taxonomy and evolution. So, in my posts, I simply think loud with myself!
Like Ilian, i'm not interested to know whether walser is a valid species, subspecies or a strange variation of berus... Probably it is a full species or a subspecies, ok, but... what does it mean actually, as stated by Ilian?
On the other side, I'm very curious about the possible origin of this "species" (why it is so and there, and from which ancestors has arisen and when), and the idea of Jeroen to ask directly one of the authors is obviously good and kind.
My thoughts about ancient hybridation with aspis were only thoughts, no more than that. The real question, till now unclear for all, is: where are the "roots" of this isolated viper?
I agree with all of you, and my opinions are only the opinions of a layman, who has studied yes, but not in particular these matters of taxonomy and evolution. So, in my posts, I simply think loud with myself!
Like Ilian, i'm not interested to know whether walser is a valid species, subspecies or a strange variation of berus... Probably it is a full species or a subspecies, ok, but... what does it mean actually, as stated by Ilian?
On the other side, I'm very curious about the possible origin of this "species" (why it is so and there, and from which ancestors has arisen and when), and the idea of Jeroen to ask directly one of the authors is obviously good and kind.
My thoughts about ancient hybridation with aspis were only thoughts, no more than that. The real question, till now unclear for all, is: where are the "roots" of this isolated viper?