Montivipera xanthina

Montivipera xanthina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Montivipera
Species: Montivipera xanthina

Name

Montivipera xanthina (Gray, 1849)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.11, adult ♀, presented by C. Fellows in April 1838. [designated by Nilson & Andrén (1986: 63)]
• Type locality: “Xanthus” and “Asia Minor”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Xanthus” (Kinik), province Mugla, S.W. Turkish Anatolia, by Nilson & Andrén (1986: 63).
• Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.93, juvenile ♀, “Asia Minor”, presented by A.C. Christy, date unknown.

Combinations

• Daboia xanthina Gray, 1849: 24 [original combination]
• Vipera xanthina — Strauch, 1869: 291 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera lebetina xanthina — Werner, 1902 [subsequent combination]
• Mesocoronis xanthina — Reuss, 1930 [subsequent combination]
• Montivipera xanthina — Nilson et al., 1999 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. i–xv + 1–125. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Montivipera xanthina. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2022.
• Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Avci, A., Üzüm, N., Yeniyurt, C. & Akarsu, F. 2009. IUCN: Montivipera xanthina  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61537A86548598. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61537A12509884.en. Accessed on 06 May 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kleinasiatische Bergotter
English: Ottoman Viper
Türkçe: Şeritli engerek

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