Montivipera raddei

Montivipera raddei

Taxonavigation edit

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 raddei
Subspecies (2): M. r. kurdistanica – M. r. raddei

Name edit

Montivipera raddei (Boettger, 1890)

  • Syntypes (n=2): ZMT. [lost fide Nilson & Andrén (1986: 5)]
  • Type locality: “Kasikoperan in Armenien”.

Combinations edit

  • Vipera raddei Boettger, 1890: 62 [original combination]
  • Coluber raddeiNikolsky, 1916 [subsequent combination]
  • Vipera lebetina raddeiSchwarz, 1936: 240 [subsequent combination]
  • Vipera xanthina raddeiMertens, 1952 [subsequent combination]
  • Daboia raddeiObst, 1983 [subsequent combination]
  • Montivipera raddeiGarrigues, Dauga, Ferquel, Choumet & Failloux, 2005 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms edit

  • Vipera albicornuta Nilson & Andrén, 1985
    • Holotype: RSI 3098.
    • Type locality: “Abhar in the Zanjan valley, between Tabriz and Teheran, NW Iran”.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Boettger, O. 1890. Eine neue Viper aus Armenien. Zool. Anz. 13: 62–64

Additional references edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Armenian Viper
հայերեն: Հայկական իժ
kurdî: Maregîska Kurdistanê
polski: Żmija armeńska
Türkçe: Ağrı engereği
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