Common names: eastern sand viper.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Venomous. The note covers its whole family. Vipers and pit vipers; all species venomous Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vipera ammodytes — venomous
- Vipera latastei — venomous
- Montivipera xanthina — venomous
- Vipera aspis — venomous
- Macrovipera lebetinus — venomous
- Echis omanensis — venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Vipera
- Species
- Vipera meridionalis
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