Vipera eriwanensis

Vipera eriwanensis
Vipera eriwanensis — distribution map

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
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

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

Name

Vipera eriwanensis (Reuss, 1933)

  • Holotype: ZMB 55160, ♂, collected by Ramme & Richter on 2 September 1929.
  • Type locality: “Lake Sevan above Shordzha at 2000 m a.s.l. [Yerevan], Armenia” fide Krecsák (2007: 658).

Combinations

  • Acridophaga renardi eriwanensis Reuss, 1933: 373 [original combination]
  • Vipera ursini eriwanensisJoger, 1984 [subsequent combination]
  • Vipera eriwanensisHöggren, Nilson, Andrén, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1993 [subsequent combination]
  • Vipera renardi eriwanensisJoger & Dely, 2005 [subsequent combination]
  • Pelias eriwanensisTuniyev, Avci, Tuniyev, Agasian & Agasian, 2012 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Reuss, T. 1933. Fortsetzung und Schluss der Originalberichte. Nachr. Bl. Aquar. Terrar.-Ver. 1933: 372–373.

Additional references

  • Kramer, E. 1961. Variation, Sexualdimorphismus, Wachstum und Taxonomie von Vipera ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835) und Vipera kaznakovi Nikolskij, 1909. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 68(4): 627–725.
  • Joger, U. 1984. The venomous snakes of the Near and Middle East. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, A 12. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden.
  • Nilson, G., Andren, C., and B. Flärdh, 1988. Die Vipern der Türkei. Salamandra 24(4): 215–247.
  • Engelmann, W.E., Fritzsche, J., Günther, R. and F. J. Obst, 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
  • Höggren, M., Nilson, G., Andrén, C., Orlov, N. L. and B. S. Tuniyev, 1993. Vipers of the Caucasus: Natural history and systematic review. Herpetological Natural History 1(2): 11–19.
  • Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B., 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 Paywall Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Armenian Steppe Viper
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