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Vipera orlovi

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Species of snake

Vipera orlovi
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. orlovi
Binomial name
Vipera orlovi
B. Tuniyev & Ostrovskikh, 2001
Synonyms
  • Vipera orlovi
    B. Tuniyev & Ostroskikh, 2001
  • Vipera dinniki orlovi
    — Schweiger, 2009
  • Vipera orlovi
    — Li Vigni, 2013
  • Pelias orlovi
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Vipera orlovi is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Russia.

Taxonomy

V. orlovi was described as a species new to science by Boris S. Tuniyev and Sergei V. Ostrovskikh in 2001.

Etymology

The specific name, orlovi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Nikolai Lusteranovich Orlov (born 1952).

Geographic range

V. orlovi is found in the Caucasus area of Russia.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of V. orlovi are forest, grassland, and shrubland at altitudes of 200–950 m (660–3,120 ft).

Reproduction

V. orlovi is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Tuniyev, B.; Nilson, G.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2017) . "Vipera orlovi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164756A5923491.en. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ Vipera orlovi TUNIYEV & OSTROVSKIKH, 2001 at The Reptile Database.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera orlovi, p. 196).

Further reading

  • Phelps T (2010). Old World Vipers: A natural history of the Azemiopinae and Viperinae. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 558 pp. ISBN 978-3899734706.
  • Schweiger M (2009). "Die Giftschlangen Europas: Eine Übersicht der Arten und Bemerkungen zu einzelnen Taxa ". Reptilia (Münster) 14 (76): 14–25. (Vipera dinniki orlovi, new combination). (in German).
  • Tuniyev BS, Ostrovskikh SV (2001). "Two new species of vipers of kaznakovi complex (Ophidia, Viperidae) from western Caucasus". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (2): 117–126. (Vipera orlovi, new species).

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Taxon identifiers
Vipera orlovi


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