Montivipera raddei
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Montivipera |
Species: | M. raddei
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Binomial name | |
Montivipera raddei Boettger, 1890
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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
The
Conservation status
Montivipera raddei is classified as Lower Risk with a subcategory of least concern (LR/lc) according to the
It is, however, listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the
Taxonomy
Montivipera raddei is apparently closely related to
References
- doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T22993A9406370.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.)
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- ^ a b c Species Montivipera raddei at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera raddei, p. 215).
- ^ "Venomous Snakes in Iraq". Archived from the original on 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ^ ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
- ISBN 0-7137-1704-1.
- ISBN 0-398-02808-7
- ^ Latifi (1991).
- ^ Montivipera raddei at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 2 September 2007.
- ^ 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 2 September 2007.
- ^ 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
- Vipera (Montivipera) raddei raddei at Checklist of Armenia's Amphibians and Reptiles, Tadevosyan's Herpetological Resources. Accessed 20 August 2016.