Lataste's viper
snub-nosed viper
snub-nosed adder
vipera latastei latin

Common names: Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder.

Along with Lataste's Viper (Vipera latastei), a viper from Spain, Portugal and North Africa, his name is associated with the following:

In Europe, nearly all of the snakes responsible for venomous bites belong to the viper family, and of these, the coastal viper, nose-horned viper, asp viper, and Lataste's viper inflict the majority of bites.

Ladder snakes, Montpellier snakes, Snub-nosed vipers and many types of lizards are found in the park.

Common names: Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder.

This, combined with aggressive practices such as the burning of the original bushy vegetation of the lighthouse island (partly for agricultural uses and also to deliberately deprive the numerous endemic snub-nosed vipers of their natural habitat), caused the snakes to become extinct by the end of the 19th century.

Common names: Lataste's viper, snub-nosed viper, snub-nosed adder.