A new historical occurrence of the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis) in Hungary

By

Szelényi, Gábor
Varga, Nikolett
Gál, János
Tóth, Tamás

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-28

Original Publication

Herpetozoa

Volume

38

Pages

7--11

Subjects

Habitat , historic range , Hungarian meadow viper , Mogyoród , review

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e136221

 

Abstract

We present the discovery of the mummified remains of a Vipera ursinii rakosiensis collected in 1962 from a previously unknown occurrence location in Hungary. The first author took pictures of the specimen back in 2003; there is no information about the current whereabouts of the remains.