Macrovipera lebetina

Macrovipera lebetina

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: Viperinae
Genus: Macrovipera
Species: Macrovipera lebetina
Subspecies (5): M. l. cernovi – M. l. lebetina – M. l. obtusa – M. l. transmediterranea – M. l. turanica

Name

Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: ?NRM (formerly MAFR). [lost fide Andersson (1899: 29)]
• Type locality: “Oriente”, restricted to “Cyprus” by Mertens & Müller (1928: 52), restriction invalid fide David & Ineich (1999: 322).

Combinations

• Coluber lebetinus Linnaeus, 1758: 218 [original combination]
• Vipera lebetina — Daudin, 1803 [subsequent combination]
• Macrovipera lebetina — Reuss, 1927 [subsequent combination]
• Daboia lebetina — Obst, 1983 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Macrovipera lebetina. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 July 2019.
• Aghasyan, A., Ananjeva, N.B., Böhme, W., Cogălniceanu, D., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Lymberakis, P., Orlov, N.L., Sadek, R., Sevinç, M., Tok, C.V., Tuniyev, B., Ugurtas, I.H., Werner, Y.L., Wilkinson, J., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D., Munkhbayar, K. & Giri, V. 2021. IUCN: Macrovipera lebetina  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T157295A750117. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157295A750117.en. Accessed on 12 June 2022.

Vernacular names

čeština: Zmije levantská
Deutsch: Levanteotter
Ελληνικά: Φίνα
English: Levantine Viper
עברית: צפע מזרחי
magyar: Levantei vipera
հայերեն: Գյուրզա
ქართული: გიურზა
қазақша: Гюрза
Nederlands: Levantijnse adder
русский: Гюрза
Türkmençe: Göklors
Türkçe: Koca engerek
українська: Гюрза

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