Gloydius rickmersi

Gloydius rickmersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Gloydius
Species: Gloydius rickmersi

Name

Gloydius rickmersi Wagner, Tiutenko, Borkin & Simonov in Wagner et al., 2016 "2015": 21

• Holotype: ZMB 80360 (field no. PW P069), adult ♀, purchased by local boys to Philipp Wagner on 4 August 2013.
• Type locality: “Kul-Otek at the Sary-Buka Valley in Kyrgyzstan, about 25 km (by air) NE of Daroot-Korgon (Chong-Alai District) near the town Kyzyl-Eshme in direction to the Shuman-Bol pass and the Kichi-Alai River at an elevation of 3000 m a.s.l. [N39.622132, E72.284010]”.

References

Primary references

• Wagner, P., Tiutenko, A., Mazepa, G., Borkin, L.J. & Simonov, E. 2016. Alai! Alai! – a new species of the Gloydius halys (Pallas, 1776) complex (Viperidae, Crotalinae), including a brief review of the complex. Amphibia-Reptilia 37(1): 15–31. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003026 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gloydius rickmersi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 May 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alai-Grubenotter
English: Alay Pit Viper
русский: щитомордник алайский
українська: щитомордник алайський