Montivipera wagneri

Montivipera wagneri

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 wagneri

Name

Montivipera wagneri Nilson & Andrén, 1984

• Holotype: ZFMK 32495, juvenile ♀, collected by Moritz Wagner in 1846.
• Type locality: “the vicinity of lake Urmia ("Armenisch-Persische Grenze"), province Azarbaijan, N. W. Iran”.

Combinations

• Vipera wagneri Nilson & Andrén, 1984: 178 [original combination]
• Vipera (Montivipera) wagneri — Nilson et al., 1999: 101 [subsequent combination]
• Montivipera wagneri — Garrigues, Dauga, Ferquel, Choumet & Failloux, 2005 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Nilson, G. & Andrén, C. 1984. Systematics of the Vipera xanthina complex (Reptilia: Viperidae) II. An overlooked viper within the xanthina species-group in Iran. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 35(1-3): 175–184. PDF

Additional references

• Nilson, G.; Andrén, C. 1986: The mountain vipers of the Middle East - the Vipera xanthina complex (Reptilia: Viperidae). Bonn. Zool. Monogr. 20: 1–90
• Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B., Andrén, C., Orlov, N., Joger, U. & Herrmann, H.-W. 1999. Taxonomic position of the Vipera xanthina complex. Kaupia, Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8: 99–102. Reference page. 
• Stümpel, N., Rajabizadeh, M., Avcı, A., Wüster, W. & Joger, U. 2016. Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al., 2001) triggered by multiple Plio–Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the Near and Middle East. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 336–351. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.025 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera wagneri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2022.
• Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Avci, A. & Nilson, G. 2009. Montivipera wagneri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T22998A9406944. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T22998A9406944.en. Accessed on 28 October 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wagners Bergotter
English: Wagner's Viper
polski: Żmija turecko-irańska
Türkçe: Vagner engereği

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