Montivipera latifii

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 Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Montivipera
Species: Montivipera latifii

Name

Montivipera latifii (Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967)

Type locality: Unknown

Holotype: SMF 62585

Synonyms

• Vipera latifii Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer, 1967
• Daboia (Daboia) raddei latifii — Obst, 1983: 233
• Vipera latifii — Welch, 1994: 121
• Vipera (Montivipera) latifii — Nilson et al., 1999: 101
• Vipera latifii — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 406

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R., Darevsky, I.S. & Klemmer, K. 1967. Vipera latifii, eine neue Giftschlange aus dem Iran. Senckenbergiana biologica 48(3): 161–168. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hromadka, J. 1979. Vipera latifii a new species of snake. Ziva 27 (1): 26–27
• 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. 
• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• 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. 

Links

• IUCN: Vipera latifii Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer, 1967 (Endangered)
• Vipera latifii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

English: Latifi's Viper
polski: Żmija irańska