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Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder [3] and the common European viper, [4] is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is extremely widespread and can be found throughout much of Europe , and as far as East Asia . [ 2 ]
Four-lined snake, Elaphe quatuorlineata NT (south-eastern Europe) Blotched snake, Elaphe sauromates (eastern and south-eastern Europe) and: [n 1] Urartian rat snake, Elaphe urartica (eastern Europe) [3] Steppes ratsnake, Elaphe dione (Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan) Beauty snake, Elaphe taeniura [4] VU (Introduced to Belgium and Netherlands)
The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a highly venomous snake species with a 50–60% untreated mortality rate. [87] It is also the fastest striking venomous snake in the world. [88] A death adder can go from a strike position, to strike and envenoming their prey, and back to strike position again, in less than 0.15 seconds. [88]
European asp, Vipera aspis "Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]
Its common names include asp, asp viper, [5] European asp, [6] and aspic viper, [7] among others. Like all other vipers, it is venomous . Bites from this species can be more severe than from the European adder, V. berus ; not only can they be very painful, but approximately 4% of all untreated bites are fatal. [ 7 ]
Local medical centres report that snake bites from this species occur on average once per year on Kimolos and 4 times per year on Milos, although there are no recorded fatalities. [ 8 ] It is narrated by G.A. Boulenger in his book The Snakes of Europe that " Dr. de Bedriaga observed this much dreaded snake, the bite of which is probably as bad ...
European Red List of Reptiles. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ISBN 978-92-79-11357-4 ^ Juhani Terhivuo & Ilpo Mannerkoski 2010.
European horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) Nepërka: Viperidae: Commonly found from the sea coast to the mountains (up to 1800 m above sea level) [3] Most venomous snake in Europe Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) Shigjeta e shkurtër: Colubridae: Commonly found throughout the entirety of Albania, up to 1100 m above sea level [3] Grass ...