"Extinct" Vipers Born At St. Louis Zoo

Montivipera wagneri

The Ocellate Mountain Viper, the range of which was once thought to be restricted solely to Iran, was rediscovered in Turkey in 1983 after having been thought of as extinct since the 1840s. Upon rediscovery, many were collected and some wound up in U.S. zoos, the St. Louis Zoo winding up with the largest captive population in the world - 23 of them. That number includes 9 recently born baby vipers. That is good news since the worldwide population of them is believed to have decreased by 80% in the last 20 years or so.

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Glenn B