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Product ID L1119
Name Vipera aspis aspis 
Common Name(s) Vipère aspic (F); Asp Viper (E)
Origin France
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Vipera aspis aspis
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Vipera aspis aspis
Taxonomic Classification
  • Class : Reptilia
  • Order : Squamata
  • Suborder : Serpentes
  • Family : Viperidae
  • Subfamily :  Viperinae
  • Genus :  Vipera

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