| Macrovipera lebetinus |
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| Macrovipera lebetinus obtusa |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Squamata |
| Suborder: |
Serpentes |
| Family: |
Viperidae |
| Genus: |
Macrovipera |
| Species: |
M. lebetinus |
| Binomial name |
Macrovipera lebetinus
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| Synonyms |
- [Coluber] Lebetinus
Linnaeus, 1758
- Vipera lebetina
— Daudin, 1803
- Vipera Euphratica
W.C.L. Martin, 1838
- Daboia Euphratica
— Gray, 1849
- V[ipera]. (Echidna) lebetina
— Jan, 1863
- Vipera lebethina [sic]
de Filippi, 1865 (ex errore)
- Vipera lebetina
— Boulenger, 1896
- Macrovipera lebetina
— A.F.T. Reuss, 1927
- Vipera lebetina lebetina
— Mertens & L. Müller, 1928
- Vipera lebetina euphratica
— K.P. Schmidt, 1939
- Vipera libertina [sic]
Roitman, 1967 (ex errore)
- Vipera lebetina
— Elter, 1981
- Daboia (Daboia) lebetina lebetina
— Obst, 1983
- Vipera lebetina cypriensis
Schätti & Sigg, 1989
- Daboia (Vipera) lebetina
— Radspieler & Schweiger, 1990
- Macrovipera lebetina
— Herrmann, Joger & Nilson, 1992
- Daboia lebetina
— Engelmann et al., 1993
- Macrovipera lebetina
— McDiarmid, Cambell & Touré, 1999
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Macrovipera lebetinus, known as the blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper, and by other common names, is a viper species found on islands in the Aegean Sea and in much of the Middle East, and as far east as India. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate race described here.