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Asp Viper

Vipera aspis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 6, February 21, March 170, April 415, May 320, June 186, July 156, August 171, September 185, October 140, November 42, December 5.
France1,817
Italy1,139
Nord-Ovest593
Occitanie385
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes384
Nord-Est292
Île-de-France224
Switzerland204
Centro198
Grand Est196

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

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