#1587 · 🦎 reptiles

Meadow Viper

🇳🇱 Weideadder ·Vipera ursinii

VUvulnerable 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Vitaliy Khustochka · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, Abruzzo, IT:© Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Bács-Kiskun, HU:© Tom Kirschey · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Croatia:© Michael Wilms · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Juliette Béraud · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Croatia:© Lennart Schmid · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Sébastien SANT · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Aurélien Grimaud · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Montenegro:© Lennart Schmid · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Vipera ursinii is a venomous viper and a very widespread species, found from southeastern France all the way to China (Xinjiang). No subspecies are currently recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 741iNaturalist 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.
741 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1835 (191 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.