Vipera lotievi
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- 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
- List of viperine species and subspecies
- Viperinae by common name
- Viperinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Vipera lotievi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2006.
- ^ Nilson, Tuniyev, et al. 1995. pp. 21-22.
- ^ 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).
External links
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- Vipera lotievi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 November 2007.