Vipera lotievi

Vipera lotievi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. lotievi
Binomial name
Vipera lotievi
Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Höggren & Andrén, 1995
Synonyms
  • Vipera lotievi
    Nilson et al., 1995[1]
  • Vipera (Pelias) lotievi
    — Nilson et al., 1999
  • Vipera lotievi
    — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Vipera renardi lotievi
    — Dely & Joger, 2005[2]
Common names: Caucasian meadow viper.[3]

Vipera lotievi is a venomous viper species endemic to Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, lotievi, is in honor of K. Lotiev who collected the holotype and some of the paratypes.[5]

Description

V. lotievi may grow to a maximum total length (including tail) of 60 cm (24 in).[3]

Geographic range

V. lotievi is found in the higher range of the Big Caucasus mountain range in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.

The type locality is listed as "Armkhi, Checheno-Ingushetia, Russia, below Mt. Stolovaya, 2000 m altitude"[1] [Armkhi, Respublika Ingushetiya, Russia,[6] 6,600 ft].

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  4. ↑ "Vipera lotievi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2006.
  5. ↑ Nilson, Tuniyev, et al. 1995. pp. 21-22.
  6. ↑ Google Earth.

Further reading

  • Nilson G, Höggren M, Tuniyev BS, Orlov NL, Andrén C. 1994. Phylogeny of the Vipers of the Caucasus (Reptilia, Viperidae). Zoologica Scipta 23 (4): 353-360.
  • Nilson G, Tuniyev BS, Orlov N, Höggren M, Andrén C. 1995. Systematics of the Vipers of the Caucasus: Polymorphism or Sibling Species? Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 1-26. ("Vipera lotievi sp. n.", pp. 21–24, Figure 22).

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