Assessment of the Linnaean type material of the Nose-horned viper, Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) Author Krecsák, László 2051 Biatorbágy, Jókai Mór str. 14, Hungary Author Bauer, Aaron M. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA Author Westerström, Alexander National Museum of Natural History, Tsar Osvoboditel blvd. 1, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria Author Wahlgren, Richard Author Tomović, Ljiljana University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Author Stille, Bo Kokkini 1410, 491 00 Corfu, Greece Author Åhlander, Erik Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, PO Box 50007, SE- 10405 Stockholm, Sweden text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-07 5537 1 24 48 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.2 journal article 305818 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.2 2cc2b11e-3920-42bc-91dd-21d7c7ab7c64 1175-5326 14239240 9E917E44-16AB-4C6C-B8FC-96B323BFCEC6

TABLE 1. Summary of the main publications discussing the taxonomy of the nose-horned viper.

Reference	Method	Result
Heckes et al. 2005	morphology	— V. a. ammodytes = Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia,
		Bosnia-Herzegovina, SW Romania, NW Bulgaria, N Albania.
		— V. a. meridionalis = Greece, North Macedonia, SW
		Bulgaria
		—V. a. montandoni = E Romania, C and E Bulgaria,
		European Türkiye.
		— V. a. transcaucasiana [Asia-minor subclade] = NE
		Türkiye, and Georgia
Tomović 2006	morphology	— V. a. ammodytes = Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia,
		Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (excluding the
		southernmost part), N Albania, NW North Macedonia, NW
		Bulgaria, W Romania
		— V. a. meridionalis = C, S Greece, Peloponnesus, Cyclades
		—V. a. montandoni = SE, Romania, most of Bulgaria
		(excluding NW part), W (European) Turkey, NE, N,
		NW Greece, North Macedonia (excluding NW part), the
		southernmost part of Serbia, S, C central Albania
		— V. a. transcaucasiana = NE Türkiye, Armenia, Georgia.
Ursenbacher et al. 2008	mtDNA cytochrome b, 16S rRNA,	7 clades:
	mtDNA control region	—north-western clade = Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia,
		Bosnia-Herzegovina
		—Montenegrin clade = Montenegro
		—north-eastern clade = W, C, E Serbia, W Bulgaria
		—south-western clade = Albania, NW Greece
		—Cyclades clade= Cyclades Islands
		—Peloponnese clade =Peloponnesus
		—south-eastern clade = N, C Greece, most of North
		Macedonia, C, E Bulgaria, the southernmost part of Serbia,
		as well as Turkey and northern Armenia.
Hempel et al. 2018	comparative analysis of the viper venoms on the proteome level	— V. a. ammodytes = Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, BosniaHerzegovina,, Montenegro (except for the northernmost part), Serbia, N Albania, NW North Macedonia, NW Bulgaria, SW Romania. — V. a. meridionalis = C, S Greece, Peloponnesus, Cyclades —V. a. montandoni = E Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, S, C Albania, N, NE Greece, European Türkiye. — V. a. transcaucasiana = NE Türkiye, Armenia, Georgia.
Šmíd & Tolley 2019	phylogenetic analysis mitochondrial and nuclear genes and scaling the evolutionary tree with the fossilized birth-death (FBD) approach	— V. ammodytes (distribution presumably as per Heckes et al. 2005 and Tomović 2006) — V. transcaucasiana (distribution presumably as per Heckes et al. 2005 and Tomović 2006) treated as separate species
Freitas et al. 2020	comparative assessment of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences and morphology	— V. ammodytes (distribution presumably as per Heckes et al. 2005 and Tomović 2006) — V. transcaucasiana (distribution presumably as per Heckes et al. 2005 and Tomović 2006) treated as separate species
Cattaneo 2021	descriptive morphology	— V. a. ammodytes = Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro (except for the northernmost part), Serbia, N Albania, NW North Macedonia, NW Bulgaria, SW Romania — V. a. meridionalis = C, S Greece, Peloponnesus, Cyclades (except below) —V. a. buchholzi = Cyclades Islands Paros and Antiparos —V. a. montandoni = E Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, S, C Albania, N, NE Greece, European Türkiye. — V. a. transcaucasiana = NE Türkiye, Armenia, and Georgia.
Thanou et al. 2023	ddRAD-seq data analysis	2 well- differentiated lineages which may represent different species. No formal implementation of the findings was made. —Lineage 1 (NBC) = Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (except southernmost part), N, C Albania, NW North Macedonia, NW Bulgaria, SW Romania — Lineage 2 (SBC) = SE Romania, Bulgaria (except NW part), Serbia (southernmost part), North Macedonia (except NW part), S Albania, Greece (including Peloponnesus and Cyclades), W (European), NE Türkiye, Armenia, Georgia. — transcaucasiana does not merit species level status
Dufresnes et al. 2024	ddRAD-seq data analysis	— V. ammodytes = unspecified but based on reference to
		Thanou et al. (2023) would refer to Italy, Austria, Slovenia,
		Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (except
		southernmost part), N, C Albania, NW North Macedonia,
		NW Bulgaria, SW Romania
		— V. meridionalis = species classification not formalized;
		distribution unspecified but based on reference to Thanou et
		al. (2023) would refer to SE Romania, Bulgaria (except NW
		part), Serbia (southernmost part), North Macedonia (except
		NW part), S Albania, Greece (including Peloponnesus and
		Cyclades), W (European)
		— V. m. transcaucasiana = unspecified but based on reference
		to Thanou et al. (2023) would refer to NE Türkiye, Armenia,
		Georgia.