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Daboia mauritanica Gray, 1849 is a animal in the Viperidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Daboia mauritanica Gray, 1849 (Daboia mauritanica Gray, 1849)
Animalia

Daboia mauritanica Gray, 1849

Daboia mauritanica Gray, 1849

Daboia mauritanica is a viper species reaching 180 cm that occurs in northwestern African coastal areas.

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Family
Genus
Daboia
Order
Class
Squamata

About Daboia mauritanica Gray, 1849

Maximum Length

This species reaches a maximum total length of 180 cm.

Known Range

It is found in northwestern Africa, specifically occurring in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

Type Locality Records

Different sources have given differing type localities: Gray (1842) listed the type locality as "Algiers", while Schwarz (1936) listed it as "Algeria".

Distribution in Algeria

In Algeria, this species is restricted to coastal regions.

Tunisian Record Uncertainty

Coastal records of this species from Tunisia may actually correspond to M. deserti instead.

Photo: (c) Xavier Rufray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Xavier Rufray · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Viperidae Daboia

More from Viperidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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