Montivipera raddei

Montivipera raddei
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Montivipera
Species:	M. raddei
Binomial name
Montivipera raddei Boettger, 1890
Synonyms[3]
Vipera xanthina Strauch, 1869 (non Gray, 1849) (nomen nudum) Vipera xanthina — Strauch, 1873 (nomen nudum) Vipera Raddei Boettger, 1890 Vipera raddii [sic] Boulenger, 1896 Coluber raddei — Nikolsky , 1916 Vipera lebetina raddei — Schwarz, 1936 Vipera xanthina raddei — Mertens, 1952 Daboia (Daboia) raddei raddei — Obst, 1983 Daboia raddei — Engelmann et al., 1985 Vipera raddei — Nilson & Andrén, 1986 Vipera raddei kurdistanica Nilson & Andrén, 1986 Vipera raddei — Latifi, 1991[2] Montivipera raddei — Werning & Wolf, 2007 Montivipera raddei — Wallach et al., 2014

Montivipera raddei, also known as the Armenian viper^[4] and by many other common names, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, and possibly also Iraq. Two subspecies are currently recognized.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, raddei, is in honor of German naturalist Gustav Radde.^[5]

Common names

Common names for M. raddei include rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Kurdistan viper (Vipera raddei kurdistanica),^[6] Armenian mountain viper,^[7] Armenian viper,^[4] Radde's viper,^[8] Armenian mountain adder,^[9] and Zanjhani viper.^[10]

Description

Adult males of M. raddei grow to a maximum total length (including tail) of 99 cm (39 in). Adult females are smaller with a maximum total length of 79 cm (31 in).^[7]

Geographic range

Montivipera raddei is found in Eastern

References

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3. ^ ^{a b c} Species Montivipera raddei at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
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5. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
   . (Vipera raddei, p. 215).
6. ^ "Venomous Snakes in Iraq". Archived from the original on 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
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8. ISBN 0-7137-1704-1
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9. ISBN 0-398-02808-7
10. ^ Latifi (1991).
11. ^ Montivipera raddei at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 2 September 2007.
12. ^ 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 2 September 2007.
13. ^ Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III at Council of Europe. Accessed 9 October 2006.

Further reading

• Boettger O (1890). "Eine neue Viper aus Armenien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 13: 62-64. ("Vipera Raddei n. sp."). (in German).
• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. ("Vipera raddii [sic]", p. 487).
• ISBN 0-916984-22-2
  . (Vipera raddei, Zanjhani viper, p. 134).
• Nilson G, Andrén C (1986). "The mountain vipers of the middle east: The Vipera xanthina complex". Bonner Zoologische Monographien 20: 1-90.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vipera raddei.

• Vipera (Montivipera) raddei raddei at Checklist of Armenia's Amphibians and Reptiles, Tadevosyan's Herpetological Resources. Accessed 20 August 2016.