#1575 · 🦎 reptiles

Lataste's Viper

🇳🇱 Wipneusadder ·Vipera latastei

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Rodrigo Bustos Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Thomas Bader · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Faro, PT:© Alexandre Guerreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Andalucía, ES:© Juan Ramírez Román · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Valencia, ES-VC, ES:© diego1957 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Faro, PT:© salamandrina · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Comunidad de Madrid, ES-MD-MD, ES:© Víctor Alonso · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Huelva, ES-AN, ES:© Lennart Schmid · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Burgos, ES-CL, ES:© julian_descoubes · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Portugal:© icpet · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Vipera latastei is a venomous viper species endemic to extreme southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,035iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,035 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eduardo Boscá Casanoves in 1878 (148 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.