Laophis Explained

Laophis (From Ancient Greek, stone snake)[1] is a genus of viperid snake currently containing one known species that lived during the Pliocene in Northern Greece.[2] Few fossil vertebrae of this species was found in Thessaloniki, Greece.[3] It reached a total length possibly exceeding and a mass of up to, making this perhaps the largest viper discovered yet.[4] Originally described by Sir Richard Owen, the original fossils had been lost, until rediscovery of a single vertebra was discovered somewhere near Thessaloniki in 2014.[5] [6]

References

  1. Web site: New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers. Georgios Georgalis. researchgate.net. 2016. 14 September 2022.
  2. Web site: 2014. Rediscovery of Laophis crotaloides – the world's largest viper?. Georgios. Georgalis. ResearchGate.
  3. 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1857.013.01-02.28. On the Fossil Vertebrae of a Serpent (Laophis crotaloides, Ow.) discovered by Capt. Spratt, R.N., in a Tertiary Formation at Salonica. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 13. 196–199. 1857. Owen. R.. 1–2. 131142130.
  4. Web site: Biggest Venomous Snake Ever Revealed in New Fossils. Stephanie. Pappas. LiveScience.com. 2014. 14 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210307054402/https://www.livescience.com/48629-biggest-venomous-snake-fossils-found.html. 7 March 2021.
  5. Web site: 2014. Biggest Venomous Snake Ever Revealed in New Fossils. LiveScience.com. Stephanie. Pappas.
  6. Web site: 2014. Rediscovery of Laophis crotaloides – the worlds [sic] largest viper?]. Benjamin P.. Kear. academia.edu.

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