Vipera lotievi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera lotievi

Holotype: ZIN 20309, ♀, collected by K. Lotiev between 20–23 July 1986.
Type locality: “Armkhi, Checheno-Ingushetia, Russia, below Mt. Stolovaya, 2000 m. altitude”.

Vipera lotievi Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Hoggren & Andrén, 1995: 21 [original combination]
Vipera (Pelias) lotievi — Nilson et al., 1999 [subsequent combination]
Vipera renardi lotievi — Joger & Dely, 2005 [subsequent combination]
Pelias lotievi — Tuniyev, Avci, Tuniyev, Agasian & Agasian, 2012 [subsequent combination]

Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B. S., Orlov, N., Hoggren, M. and C. Andren, 1995. Systematics of the vipers of the Caucasus: Polymorphism or sibling species?. Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 1–16. BHL

Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B. S., Andrén, C., and N. Orlov, 1999. Vipers of Caucasus: Taxonomic considerations. Kaupia (8): 103–106
McDiarmid, R.W., Campbell, J.A. & Touré, T.A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. Herpetologists’ League: Washington, Dictrict of Columbia. 511 pp. ISBN 9781893777002 Reference page.
Zinenko, O., Stümpel, N., Mazanaeva, L., Bakiev, A., Shiryaev, K., Pavlov, A., Kotenko, T., Kukushkin, O., Chikin, Y., Duisebayeva, T., Nilson, G., Orlov, N.L., Tuniyev, S., Ananjeva, N.B., Murphy, R.W. & Joger, U. 2015. Mitochondrial phylogeny shows multiple independent ecological transitions and northern dispersion despite of Pleistocene glaciations in meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera ursinii and Vipera renardi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 85–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.005 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Vipera lotievi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2023.
Tuniyev, B., Nilson, G., Agasyan, A., Orlov, N.L. & Tuniyev, S. 2009. IUCN: Vipera lotievi (Near Threatened) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164736A114548310. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164736A5921596.en. Accessed on 20 June 2023.