Montivipera raddei

Montivipera raddei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Montivipera
Species: Montivipera raddei
Subspecies (2): M. r. kurdistanica – M. r. raddei

Name

Montivipera raddei (Boettger, 1890)

• Syntypes (n=2): ZMT. [lost fide Nilson & Andrén (1986: 5)]
• Type locality: “Kasikoperan in Armenien”.

Combinations

• Vipera raddei Boettger, 1890: 62 [original combination]
• Coluber raddei — Nikolsky, 1916 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera lebetina raddei — Schwarz, 1936: 240 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera xanthina raddei — Mertens, 1952 [subsequent combination]
• Daboia raddei — Obst, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Montivipera raddei — Garrigues, Dauga, Ferquel, Choumet & Failloux, 2005 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Vipera albicornuta Nilson & Andrén, 1985
  • Holotype: RSI 3098.
  • Type locality: “Abhar in the Zanjan valley, between Tabriz and Teheran, NW Iran”.

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. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. Herpetologists’ League: Washington, Dictrict of Columbia. 511 pp. ISBN 9781893777002 Reference page. 
• 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

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Montivipera raddei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2022.
• Nilson, G., Andrén, C., Avci, A. & Akarsu, F. 2009. IUCN: Montivipera raddei  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T22993A9406370. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T22993A9406370.en. Accessed on 14 November 2022.

Vernacular names

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

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