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Species of snake

Vipera renardi
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (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. renardi
Binomial name
Vipera renardi
(Christoph, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Pelias renardi
    Christoph, 1861
  • Vipera renardi
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Vipera ursinii renardi
    — Harding & Welch, 1980
  • Vipera renardi
    — Welch, 1994

Vipera renardi is a species of viper, a venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Asia and Eastern Europe. Five subspecies are recognized.

Etymology

The specific name, renardi, is in honor of Russian naturalist Charles Renard (1809—1886), also known as Karl Renard.

The subspecific names, bashkirovi and puzanovi, are in honor of Russian zoologists Ivan Sergeyevich Bashkirov (1900–1980) and Ivan Ivanovich Puzanov (1885–1971), respectively.

Geographic range

V. renardi is found in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Habitat

The natural habitats of V. renardi are shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 0–2,500 m (0–8,202 ft).

Reproduction

V. renardi is ovoviviparous.

Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Vipera.

References

  1. ^ Nilson, Göran; Andrén, Claes; Tuniyev, Boris (2009). "Vipera renardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157268A5066267. Downloaded on 10 January 2020.
  2. Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Vipera renardi, pp. 475-476).
  3. ^ Vipera renardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2007.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera renardi, p. 219).

Further reading

  • Cristoph H (1861). "Pelias renardi mihi ". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturaliste de Moscou 34: 599–606. (Pelias renardi, new species). (in German and Latin).
  • Krecsák L, Tóth T (2005). "Biting among male Steppe Vipers Vipera renardi (Christoph, 1861)". Herpetozoa 18 (3/4): 188–189.
  • Nilson G, Andrén C (2001). "The meadow and steppe vipers of Europe and Asia — the Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii complex". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47: 87-267. (Vipera renardi tienshanica, new subspecies, p. 204; V. r. parursinii, new subspecies, p. 208).
Taxon identifiers
Vipera renardi


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