Montivipera raddei

Montivipera raddei

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 raddei
Subspecies: M. r. kurdistanica – M. r. raddei

Name

Montivipera raddei Boettger, 1890

Type locality: Armenien, Kasikoparan. Elevation up to 3000 m.

Synonyms

• Vipera raddei Boettger, 1890
• Vipera lebetina raddei — Schwarz, 1936: 240
• Vipera xanthina — Strauch, 1869: 73 (not of Gray, 1849)
• Vipera albicornuta Nilson & Andren, 1985
• Daboia raddei — Engelmann et al., 1993
• Vipera albicornuta — Welch, 1994: 119
• Vipera (Montivipera) raddei — Nilson et al., 1999: 101
• Vipera raddei — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 407
• Montivipera raddei — Werning & Wolf, 2007
• Montivipera raddei — Garrigues et al., 2005
• Vipera (Montivipera) raddei — Venchi & Sindaco, 2006

References

Primary references

• Boettger,O. 1890. Eine neue Viper aus Armenien. Zool. Anz. 13: 62–64

Additional references

• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• 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. 
• 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: Montivipera raddei Boettger, 1890 (Near Threatened)
• Vipera raddei at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

English: Caucasus Viper
հայերեն: Հայկական իժ
kurdî: Maregîska Kurdistanê
polski: Żmija armeńska
Türkçe: Ağrı engereği