Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution on the Balkans

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Last update: 25.09.2005.

Notes. The exact described localities (including unpublished) cover 13, 04 % of the Bulgarian UTM-territory. Most of the localities are announced by BARTOSIK et al  (1981), BESCHKOV (1961, 1974), BESCHKOV et al. (1967), BESHKOV (1993, 1998), BESHKOV & DUSHKOV (1981), BIELLA (1983), BISERKOV (1987), BOZKOV (1958), BURESCH & ZONKOW (1932), BUSEKE (1982), Christov (2002), CHRISTOV & BESHKOV (1999), CHRISTOV et al. (1993), DELOV et al. (2005), Dushkov (1978), MÜLLER (1939), NAUMOV (2005), NESSING (1989), OBST (1973), PESHEV & MITEV (1987), PESHEV et al. (2005), PETROV et al. (2001), SIMEONOV & BOEV (1988), STOEV (2000) TULESCHKOV (1959), UNDJIAN (2000) and Veselinov (1993). There are many unpublished localities (in the personal data of the authors).

Localities with undetermined UTM-codes: 1) Rosen Village – CHRISTOV & BESHKOV (1999); 2) Manda-Tash Place, Sakar Mts. – BURESCH & ZONKOW (1932); 3) Garvanitsa Village, Lovech District – BURESCH & ZONKOW (1932); 4) Zli Dol Place, Trun District – TULESCHKOV (1959); 5) Troshana Place, Veliko Turnovo District – TULESCHKOV (1959).

Altitudinal division of the localities: according to BESHKOV & NANEV (2002) up to 1450 m, but exact data deficient.

References: see page  Bibliography

Specil references: TULESCHKOV (1959), BESCHKOV (1977), Dushkov (1978), BESHKOV (1993),  CHRISTOV et al. (1993, 1997), CHRISTOV & BESHKOV (1999) and Christov (2002).

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