Vipera sakoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: 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: Vipera
Species: Vipera sakoi

Name

Vipera sakoi (Tuniyev, Avcı, Ilgaz, Olgun, Petrova, Bodrov, Geniez & Teynié, 2018)

• Holotype: SNP 911, adult ♂, collected by A. Avcı on 10 July 2012.
• Type locality: “Turkey, Gumuşhane District, vicinity of Erzincan, Çilhoroz Village (elevation 2000 m above sea level)”.

Combinations

• Pelias sakoi Tuniyev, Avcı, Ilgaz, Olgun, Petrova, Bodrov, Geniez & Teynié, 2018: 12 [original combination]
• Vipera sakoi — Freitas et al., 2020 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Tuniyev, B.S., Avcı, A., Ilgaz, Ç, Olgun, K., Petrova, T.V., Bodrov, S.Y., Geniez, P. & Teynié, A. 2018. On Taxonomic Status of Shield-head Vipers from Turkish Lesser Caucasus and East Anatolia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 322(1): 3–44.
• Freitas, I., Ursenbacher, S., Mebert, K., Zinenko, O., Schweiger, S., Wüster, W., Brito, J.C., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Halpern, B., Fahd, S., Santos, X., Pleguezuelos, J.M., Joger, U., Orlov, N., Mizsei, E., Lourdais, O., Zuffi, M.A.L., Strugariu, A., Zamfirescu, S.R., Martínez-Solano, I., Velo-Antón, G., Kaliontzopoulou, A. & Martínez-Freiría, F. 2020. Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae). Amphibia-Reptilia 41(3): 285–311. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10007 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Sako’s Viper