Vipera eriwanensis

Vipera eriwanensis — distribution map

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: Vipera
Species: Vipera eriwanensis

Name

Vipera eriwanensis (Reuss, 1933)

Type locality: NW Iran, NE Turkey

Holotype: Neotype Goteborg Natural History Museum Re.ex 5158

Synonyms

• Acridophaga renardi eriwanensis Reuss, 1933
• Vipera ursinii ebneri Knöpfler & Sochurek, 1955
• Vipera ursini renardi — Kramer, 1961
• Vipera ursinii eriwanensis — Joger, 1984
• Vipera ursinii eriwanensis — Nilson et al., 1988
• Vipera ursinii eriwanensis — Engelmann et al., 1993
• Vipera eriwanensis — Höggren et al., 1993
• Vipera renardi eriwanensis — Welch, 1994
• Vipera (Pelias) eriwanensis — Nilson et al., 1999
• Vipera ursinii — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré , 1999

References

• Reuss, T. 1933. Fortsetzung und Schluss der Originalberichte. Nachr. Bl. Aquar. Terrar.-Ver. 1933: 372–373.
• Kramer, E. 1961. Variation, Sexualdimorphismus, Wachstum und Taxonomie von Vipera ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835) und Vipera kaznakovi Nikolskij, 1909. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 68(4): 627–725.
• Joger, U. 1984. The venomous snakes of the Near and Middle East. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, A 12. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden.
• Nilson, G., Andren, C., and B. Flärdh, 1988. Die Vipern der Türkei. Salamandra, 24(4): 215–247.
• Engelmann, W.E., Fritzsche, J., Günther, R. and F. J. Obst, 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
• Höggren, M., Nilson, G., Andrén, C., Orlov, N. L. and B. S. Tuniyev, 1993. Vipers of the Caucasus: Natural history and systematic review. Herpetological Natural History 1(2): 11–19.
• Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B., Andrén, C. and N. Orlov, 1999. Vipers of Caucasus: Taxonomic considerations. Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 103–106.
• McDiarmid, R. W., Campbell, J. A., and T. A. Touré, 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.

Links

• Vipera eriwanensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 June 2010.
• IUCN: Vipera eriwanensis (Reuss, 1933) (Vulnerable)