Sand Viper
Sand viper (Vipera ammodytes),possibly the most dangerous viper in Europe. It is also known as the nose-horned viper and the long-nosed viper. Illustration from "Fauna Boica,oder gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte der Thiere Bayerns",a natural history of the animals of Bavaria,written by Jacob Ernst von Reiter and illustrated by Carl Wilhelm Hahn in 1830-1835.
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