Asp viper

Vipera aspis
Vipers (Viperidae)

Vertical pupil with elevated nose.
Asp viperon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Small grey to red-brown snake with a zigzag pattern on its back, sometimes completely black. There is much variation in markings dependant on the location. A broad triangular shaped head with an upward pointed nose (no horn though), a white throat and belly and slender body.
The undersurface of the tail is often yellowish to ginger coloured.

Prefers moist slopes with vegetation and open areas, it hides on the surface and is hardly ever seen climbing. Bites its prey with poison to swallow it in one piece.

⇔ l. 50-90 cm

syn. Asp, Aspic viper

Southern Europe.

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