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| name = ''Vipera lotievi'' | | name = ''Vipera lotievi'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]'' | | genus = ''[[Vipera]]'' | ||
| species = '''''V. lotievi''''' | | species = '''''V. lotievi''''' | ||
| binomial = ''Vipera lotievi'' | | binomial = ''Vipera lotievi'' | ||
| binomial_authority = | | binomial_authority = Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Höggren & Andrén, 1995 | ||
| synonyms = * ''Vipera lotievi'' - Nilson et al., 1995<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref> | | synonyms = * ''Vipera lotievi'' - Nilson et al., 1995<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref> | ||
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'''Common names:''' Caucasian meadow viper.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> | '''Common names:''' Caucasian meadow viper.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> | ||
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'''''Vipera lotievi''''' is a | '''''Vipera lotievi''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in Russia, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and Azerbaijan. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634995 ''Vipera lotievi'' (TSN 634995)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 29 June 2007.</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found in the higher range of the Big Caucasus: Russia, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and Azerbaijan. The type locality is listed as "Armkhi, Checheno-Ingushetia, Russia, below Mt. Stolovaya, 2000 m altitude."<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=lotievi}} | * {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=lotievi}}. | ||
[[Category:True vipers]] | |||
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | ||
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Common names: Caucasian meadow viper.[2]
Vipera lotievi is a venomous viper species found in Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Description
Grows to a maximum length of 60 cm.[2]
Geographic range
Found in the higher range of the Big Caucasus: Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The type locality is listed as "Armkhi, Checheno-Ingushetia, Russia, below Mt. Stolovaya, 2000 m altitude."[1]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
- ↑ Vipera lotievi (TSN 634995) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 29 June 2007.
Other references
- Nilson G, Höggren M, Tuniyev BS, Orlov NL, Andrén C. 1994. Phylogeny of the vipers of the Caucasus (Reptilia, Viperidae). Zoological Scipta 23(4):353-360.
- Nilson G, Tuniyev BS, Orlov NL, Höggren M, Andrén C. 1995. Systematics of the vipers of the Caucasus: Polymorphism or sibling species? Asiatic Herpetological Research 6:1-26.
External links
- Species Vipera lotievi at the Species2000 Database.