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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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

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”.

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]

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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.

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.

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