Moorish Viper
Daboia mauritanica
The Moorish viper (Daboia mauritanica or Macrovipera mauritanica; common names: Moorish viper, Sahara rock viper, Atlas blunt-nosed viper, more) is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to northwestern Africa. No subspecies are recognized as being valid.
From the article Moorish viper on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Daboia mauritanica reaches a maximum total length (tail included) of 1.8 m (5.9 ft).
Range & habitat
Daboia mauritanica is found in northwestern Africa: Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The type locality is "Algiers", according to Gray (1842), "Algeria" according to Schwarz (1936). It is limited to the coastal regions of Algeria. Coastal records from Tunisia may refer to Macrovipera deserti.
Wikipedia: “Geographic distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31039.