#Vipera buchholzi koufonissiensis

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Snakeman Raymond Hoser has discovered a number of new species and subspecies of viper from southern Europe. This is on top of the three species he named some years back from Spain and Portugal. More detail below:

Details See

https://www.smuggled.com/AJH-I61-Split.htm

Hoser, Raymond. 2023 Europe gets new viper species: Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu lato formally divided!. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 61: 19-64.

Hoser, Raymond. 2023 A new Viper species from Croatia (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae: Pelias). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 61: 5-18.

Hoser, Raymond. 2023 Litter, plastic sheets and rubbish. It’s not necessarily an ecodisaster for all species!. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 61: 3-4.

Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® Issue 61, published 10 January 2023 List of new taxa formally named. All major papers are downloadable below the list. New Genus (Vipers)

Longumnaribussuis Hoser, 2023.

New Species (All are Vipers)

Longumnaribussuis epirusensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis mariolisi Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis maxhoseri Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis montenegroensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis shireenhoserae Hoser, 2023. Pelias cathrynmatteoae Hoser, 2023.

New Subspecies

Longumnaribussuis buchholzi androsensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi koufonissiensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi mykonosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi naxosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi sikinosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi sirosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis epirusensis lefkadaensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis meridionalis eviaensis Hoser, 2023. Pelias cathrynmatteoae kapalaensis Hoser, 2023. Pelias graeca vardusiaensis Hoser, 2023. Pelias ursinii alpesdehautensis Hoser, 2023.

Synonym Names

Genus

Vipera Laurenti, 1768.

New Species (All are Vipers)

Vipera epirusensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera mariolisi (Hoser, 2023). Vipera maxhoseri (Hoser, 2023). Vipera montenegroensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera shireenhoserae (Hoser, 2023). Vipera cathrynmatteoae (Hoser, 2023).

New Subspecies

Vipera buchholzi androsensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi koufonissiensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi mykonosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi naxosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi sikinosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi sirosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera epirusensis lefkadaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera meridionalis eviaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera cathrynmatteoae kapalaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera graeca vardusiaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera ursinii alpesdehautensis (Hoser, 2023).

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Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® Issue 61, published 10 January 2023 List of new taxa formally named. All major papers are downloadable below the list.

New Genus (Vipers) Longumnaribussuis Hoser, 2023. New Species (All are Vipers) Longumnaribussuis epirusensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis mariolisi Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis maxhoseri Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis montenegroensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis shireenhoserae Hoser, 2023. Pelias cathrynmatteoae Hoser, 2023. New Subspecies Longumnaribussuis buchholzi androsensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi koufonissiensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi mykonosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi naxosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi sikinosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis buchholzi sirosensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis epirusensis lefkadaensis Hoser, 2023. Longumnaribussuis meridionalis eviaensis Hoser, 2023. Pelias cathrynmatteoae kapalaensis Hoser, 2023. Pelias graeca vardusiaensis Hoser, 2023. Pelias ursinii alpesdehautensis Hoser, 2023. Synonym Names Genus Vipera Laurenti, 1768. New Species (All are Vipers) Vipera epirusensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera mariolisi (Hoser, 2023). Vipera maxhoseri (Hoser, 2023). Vipera montenegroensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera shireenhoserae (Hoser, 2023). Vipera cathrynmatteoae (Hoser, 2023). New Subspecies Vipera buchholzi androsensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi koufonissiensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi mykonosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi naxosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi sikinosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera buchholzi sirosensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera epirusensis lefkadaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera meridionalis eviaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera cathrynmatteoae kapalaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera graeca vardusiaensis (Hoser, 2023). Vipera ursinii alpesdehautensis (Hoser, 2023).

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Hoser, Raymond. 2023 Europe gets new viper species: Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu lato formally divided!. 

Australasian Journal of Herpetology 61: 19-64.

Europe gets new viper species: Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu lato formally divided! LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:0BA729AE-1C02-4C3B-9AB3-166C7C209BF3 RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F9D74EB5-CFB5-49A0-8C7C-9F993B8504AE 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 11 April 2022, Accepted 19 August 2022, Published 10 January 2023.

ABSTRACT

The well-known European Long-nosed Viper, Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu lato, has been subject of taxonomic splitting many times over the past 250 years. However only one other species in the complex is generally recognized, that being V. transcaucasiana Boulenger, 1913. Recent molecular studies have shown there to be at least 12 lineages within these two putative species with divergences in excess of 2 MYA. Morphologically divergent populations match these lineages and so all are herein recognized as full species. Seven species are recognized using available names. Other available names as listed by McDiarmid et al. (1999) are all synonyms of the other seven species. The other fi ve species are formally described and named for the fi rst time in accordance with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Ride et al. 1999) as amended since (ICZN 2012). Another eight morphologically divergent populations with deep molecular divergences are also conservatively named herein as new subspecies. With all 12 species and the eight new subspecies subject to signifi cant persecution by humans across their ranges, it is important that they each be recognized as separate taxonomic entities immediately and before any one of them becomes extinct through the misconception they are merely a part of a common and widespread species as occurred in the example cited by Hoser (2019a, 2019b). With a divergence from all other vipers estimated to be more than 15 MYA (Freitas et al. 2020), a new genus name for the group Longumnaribussuis gen. nov. is formally proposed, with all newly named taxa also placed within this new genus. Two earlier proposed generic names do not appear to be available. Keywords: Viper; Europe; long-nosed viper; Greece; Turkey; Peloponnisos; Cyclades; Vipera; ammodytes; meridionalis; steindachneri; connectons; montandoni; transcaucasiana; buchholzi; new genus; longumnaribussuis; new species; montenegroensis; epirusensis; maxhoseri; mariolisi; shireenhoserae; new subspecies; eviaensis; lefkadaensis; sirosensis; mykonosensis; androsensis; naxosensis; sikinosensis; koufonissiensis.