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Vipera lotievi

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Species of snake

Vipera lotievi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. lotievi
Binomial name
Vipera lotievi
Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Höggren & Andrén, 1995
Synonyms
  • Vipera lotievi Nilson et al., 1995
  • Vipera (Pelias) lotievi — Nilson et al., 1999
  • Vipera lotievi — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999
  • Vipera renardi lotievi — Dely & Joger, 2005
  • Pelias lotievi — Wallach et al., 2014

Vipera lotievi, commonly known as the Caucasian meadow viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.

Etymology

The specific name, lotievi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist K. Yu Lotiev, who collected the holotype and some of the paratypes.

Description

Vipera lotievi may grow to a maximum total length (including tail) of 60 cm (24 in).

Reproduction

Vipera lotievi is viviparous.

Range

Vipera 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" .

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ "Vipera lotievi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Lotiev", p. 161).
  6. Nilson, Tuniyev, et al. (1995). pp. 21-22.
  7. 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 Scripta 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, new species, pp. 21–24, Figure 22).

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