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==See also==
==See also==
* ''[[Vipera]]''.
* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[Snakebite]].
* [[Snakebite]].


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== External links ==
==External links==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=lotievi}}
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=lotievi}}


[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:CZ Live]]
[[Category:CZ Live]]

Revision as of 13:48, 8 December 2006

Vipera lotievi
File:Vipera-lotievi-1.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. lotievi
Binomial name
Vipera lotievi
Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Höggren & Andrén, 1995
Synonyms
  • Vipera lotievi - Nilson et al., 1995[1]

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

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. 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. 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.
  3. Vipera lotievi (TSN 634995). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 August 2006.

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