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Meadow Viper

Vipera ursinii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 6, May 26, June 41, July 24, August 28, September 7, October 2, November 0, December 0.
France135
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur134
Italy89
Centro66
Sud23
Romania9
Croatia7
TULCEA7
Zadar County4
Šibenik-Knin2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyVipers · Viperidae
GenusEurasian Vipers · Vipera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Meadow Viper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.