Significance of the dorsal zigzag pattern of Vipera latastei gaditana against avian predators

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The evolution and function of pattern diversity in snakes (2013, background): “Evidence is emerging that apparently cryptic snake patterns, which do not contain traditionally conspicuous colors, can also have an aposematic function, for example, the zig-zag patterns on European vipers (Wüster et al. 2004; Niskanen and Mappes 2005; Valkonen et al. 2011).”
The Developmental, Physiological, Neural, and Genetical Causes and Consequences of Frequency-Dependent Selection in the Wild (2006, background): “Additional constraints and tradeoffs involved in perceptual systems of predators can drive CS and FDS on alternative antipredator prey traits such as escape behavior and dorsal patterns (Brodie 1992, Niskanen & Mappes 2005).”
Disruption or aposematism? Significance of dorsal zigzag pattern of European vipers (2011, methodology): “Several previous experiments have shown that the zigzag pattern provides some protection against predation (Andrén and Nilson 1981; Forsman 1995b; Lindell and Forsman 1996; Wüster et al. 2004; Niskanen and Mappes 2005).”
Size dependent predation risk in cryptic and conspicuous insects (2007, result): “Similar trends have been described in poison frogs (Hagman and Forsman 2003) and vipers (Niskanen and Mappes 2005).”