Vol. 5 No. 1 (2010)
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Unusual colour form of Siberian pit viper (<i>Gloydius h. halys</i>) from the northern edge of its area

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  • Evgeniy Simonov
Evgeniy Simonov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Frunze 11, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-8536

Published 2010-07-01

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Simonov, E. (2010). Unusual colour form of Siberian pit viper (<i>Gloydius h. halys</i>) from the northern edge of its area. Acta Herpetologica, 5(1), 87–89. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-8536
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Abstract

In this report, I describe the unusual colour form of Siberian pit viper (Gloydius h. halys) from the marginal population in Novosibirsk region (West Siberia, Russia). This morph was named “bronze” and occurs of 16% of individuals. To the best of my knowledge, such colour pattern does not known from other parts of G. halys area.
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