Vipera lotievi

Taxobox
name = "Vipera lotievi"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Vipera"
species = "V. lotievi"
binomial = "Vipera lotievi"
binomial_authority = Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Höggren & Andrén, 1995
synonyms = * "Vipera lotievi" - Nilson et al., 1995McDiarmid 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).] :"Common names: Caucasian meadow viper.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" is a venomous viper species found in Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634995|taxon=Vipera lotievi|year=2006|date=18 August]

Description

Grows to a maximum length of 60 cm.

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."

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

Further reading

* 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.

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