Montivipera

Montivipera xanthina

Navigazione

Navigazione: 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: Viperinae
Genus: Montivipera
Species (8): M. albizona – M. bornmuelleri – M. bulgardaghica – M. kuhrangica – M. latifii – M. raddei – M. wagneri – M. xanthina

Nome

Montivipera Nilson, Tuniyev, Andrén, Orlov, Joger & Herrmann, 1999

• Specie tipo: Daboia xanthina Gray, 1849, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Vipera (Montivipera) Nilson, Tuniyev, Andrén, Orlov, Joger & Herrmann, 1999: 101 [as subgenus]
• Montivipera — Joger, 2005 [elevate to genus]

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B., Andrén, C., Orlov, N., Joger, U. & Herrmann, H.-W. 1999. Taxonomic position of the Vipera xanthina complex. Kaupia, Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8: 99–102. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lenk, P., Kalyabina, S., Wink, M. & Joger, U. 2001. Evolutionary relationships among the true vipers (Viperinae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19(1): 94–104. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0912 Reference page. 
• Garrigues, T., Dauga, C., Ferquel, E., Choumet, V. & Failloux, A.–B. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Vipera Laurenti, 1768 and the related genera Macrovipera (Reuss, 1927) and Daboia (Gray, 1842), with comments about neurotoxic Vipera aspis aspis populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1): 35–47. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.004 Reference page. 
• Stümpel, N. & Joger, U. 2009. Recent advances in phylogeny and taxonomy of Near and Middle Eastern Vipers – an update. ZooKeys 31: 179–191. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.31.261 Reference page. 
• Rajabizadeh, M., Nilson, G. & Kami, H.G. 2011. A New Species of Mountain Viper (Ophidia: Viperidae) from the Central Zagros Mountains, Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(3): 235–240. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-3-235-240 ; Abstract Reference page. 
• Stümpel, N., Rajabizadeh, M., Avcı, A., Wüster, W. & Joger, U. 2016. Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al., 2001) triggered by multiple Plio–Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the Near and Middle East. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 336–351. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.025 Reference page. 

Collegamenti

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Montivipera . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2022.

Nomi comuni

Deutsch: Mittelöstliche Bergottern
English: Middle East Mountain Vipers

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