Search results for "Vipera aspis"

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First helminthological data on Iberian vipers: Helminth communities and host-parasite relationships

2006

AbstractEuropean vipers are ambush predators with sporadic feeding events, thereby maintaining the digestive tract empty for long periods. According to previous studies relating lizards’ dietary habits and their helminth faunas, we predict poor gastrointestinal helminth communities in vipers. To test this hypothesis, we have examined the digestive tract of 86 specimens of Vipera aspis (L., 1758) and V. latastei Boscá, 1878, from several localities of the Iberian Peninsula. We found adults of only two nematode species Kalicephalus viperae (Rud., 1819) and Ophidascaris sp. and cysts adhering to the external wall on the stomach in case of two other nematode species Ascarops strongylina (Rud., …

biologyViperaEcologyFaunaHelminthsParasitismParasitologybiology.organism_classificationVipera latasteihumanitiesVipera aspisSpiruridaPredationActa Parasitologica
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Ophiophagy in Coronella austriaca: first case of predation on Hierophis viridiflavus and first direct observations of predation on Vipera aspis

2020

We describe some cases of ophiophagy behaviour in Coronella austriaca

Coronella austriaca ophiophagy Hierophis viridiflavus Vipera aspis
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Vipera aspis hugyi (Southern Italian Asp) Coloration

2020

We report the first observation of concolor coloration in Vipera aspis hugyi

Vipera aspis hugyi concolor Sicily color aberration
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