Sympatric Vipers

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   Tony,

I would have thought the V. ursinii complex (V. renardi etc.) and Gloydius in C. Asia would be obvious potential examples. Also V. latifii and Gloydius in the Elburz Mtns of northern Iran. Goran Nilson and Nikolai Orlov would have more info.

Cheers,

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Wuster Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 374	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wolfgang Wuster Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Sympatric Vipers Posted: 13 Jan 2004 at 1:33pm
	Tony, I would have thought the V. ursinii complex (V. renardi etc.) and Gloydius in C. Asia would be obvious potential examples. Also V. latifii and Gloydius in the Elburz Mtns of northern Iran. Goran Nilson and Nikolai Orlov would have more info. Cheers, Wolfgang
	Wolfgang Wüster School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/

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	Hi Tony, In S-W Romania in some areas V. berus and V. ammodytes are sympatric. And the yhybridise. Hybrids look like V. aspis, but not all. Some are berus-like and some ammodytes-like. The altitude is low (4-600 m asl) and the microhabitat consists of rocky slopes with scree, rock plies and bushes. Ioan

ighira Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote ighira Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Apr 2004 at 10:41am
	At this time, there is little information published. Ghira, I., 1991 -External morphology of some isolated populations of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes (Linnaeus,1758) at the northern limit of its areal, Proc.Sixth Ord.Gen.Meet., S.E.H.,Budapest,p.183-186 Venczel, M., Ghira, I., 1994 -A preliminary study on the osteology of nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes L.1758) from Boiu de Sus, Romania, "Sargetia" Series Sciencia Naturae, XVI,p.145-150 Ghira, I., 1994 -Morphological features, ecological aspects and phylogenetic implications of a natural hybrid population of vipers (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes x Vipera berus berus) in Romania, Abstracts, Second World Comgress of Herpetology, Adelaide, South-Australia, p.97 We try to do molecular analyses (DNA sequencing), habitat prefferences of hybrids and venom analyses. If you think it could be written in your book, it is OK. Please let me know what details (including photos) you need. Ioan