. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 63 Vipera xanthina (Gray, 1849) Daboia xanthina Gray, 1849 Vipera xanthina F. Müller, 1878 Vipera lebetina Boulenger, 1896 (part.) Vipera lebetina xanthina Werner, 1902 Vipera xanthina xanthina Mertens, 1952 Type 1 o c a'l i t y : Xanthos (Kinik), restricted by Schwarz (1936). The species was described as Daboia xanthina by Gray (1849) based on two specimens in the British Museum (Natural History): one adult female (BM ) collected in Xanthos (Kinik), province Mugla, Turkish Anatoha (leg. C. Fellows), and one juvenile female (BM 1946.
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 63 Vipera xanthina (Gray, 1849) Daboia xanthina Gray, 1849 Vipera xanthina F. Müller, 1878 Vipera lebetina Boulenger, 1896 (part.) Vipera lebetina xanthina Werner, 1902 Vipera xanthina xanthina Mertens, 1952 Type 1 o c a'l i t y : Xanthos (Kinik), restricted by Schwarz (1936). The species was described as Daboia xanthina by Gray (1849) based on two specimens in the British Museum (Natural History): one adult female (BM ) collected in Xanthos (Kinik), province Mugla, Turkish Anatoha (leg. C. Fellows), and one juvenile female (BM ), labeled Asia Minor (leg. A. C. Christy). The last specimen, without exact locality, was depicted by Werner (1938) as a type of Vipera xanthina, wrongly indicating that it was from Xanthos. For reasons of stability it becomes necessary to select the specimen from Xanthos (BM ) as lectotype. Definition and diagnosis: A species of viper within the Vipera xanthina species-group, characterized by a well developed and more or less rhombic zig-zag band along the back, sharply contrasting against a hght ground colour. The dorsal band contains normally less than 35 windings, rarely up to around 40, and is well. Fig. 27: Southern specimen of Vipera xanthina, 9 from Ciglikara, province Antalya, Turkey (ZIG).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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