Vipera orlovi
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Vipera orlovi is a species of venomous snake of the genus Vipera.[1]
Taxonomy
V. orlovi was described as a species new to science by Tuniyev and Ostrovskikh in 2001.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, orlovi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Nikolai Lusteranovich Orlov (born 1952).[2]
References
- ^ a b c Vipera orlovi TUNIYEV & OSTROVSKIKH, 2001 at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera orlovi, pp. 196-197).
Further reading
- Tuniyev BS, Ostrovskikh SV (2001). "Two new species of vipers of kaznakovi complex (Ophidia, Viperidae) from western Caucasus". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (2): 117-126. (Vipera orlovi, new species).
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