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Gloydius caraganus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Gloydius
Species:	G. caraganus
Binomial name
Gloydius caraganus (Eichwald, 1831)
Synonyms
Trigonocephalus caraganus Eichwald, 1831

Gloydius caraganus, or the Karaganda pitviper, is a species of Asian moccasin from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The name caraganus comes from the area in which it was first discovered. As all pit vipers, it is venomous. Previously considered a subspecies of G. halys, it has recently been elevated to full species.

Description

The Karaganda pitviper can grow to above 74 cm in males and 53 cm in females. It has a curved snout and pale colouration with 36–50 dark bands.

Reproduction

Gloydius caraganus is known to be viviparous.

References

1. Lambert, Michael R. K. (2002). "Preliminary observations on herpetofaunal diversity in the Almaty region, southern Kazakhstan (September 1998)". The Herpetological Bulletin (79).
2. Eichwald, Carl Eduard (1831). Zoologia specialis quam expositus animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimum Rossiae in universum, et Poloniae in specie. Vol. 3. p. 170. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51803.
3. ^ "Gloydius caraganus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
4. Asadi, Atefeh; Montgelard, Claudine; Nazarizadeh, Masoud; Moghaddasi, Akram; Fatemizadeh, Faezeh; Simonov, Evgeniy; Kami, Haji Gholi; Kaboli, Mohammad (2019-02-04). "Evolutionary history and postglacial colonization of an Asian pit viper (Gloydius halys caucasicus) into Transcaucasia revealed by phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 1224. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37558-8. ISSN 2045-2322.

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