Vipera altaica

Vipera altaica

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: Vipera
Species: Vipera altaica

Name

Vipera altaica Tuniyev, Nilson & Andrén, 2010

• Holotype: GNM Re.ex. 6639, adult ♀, collected by Göran Nilson in 1 June 1997.
• Type locality: “Altay, eastern Kazakhstan. 4 km N. Village Chernyaevka, at river Kalgyr (Kalgir), E. Kazakhstan (48°41'59" N, 85°2'24.6" E), 218 - 327 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Tuniyev, B., Nilson, G. & Andrén, C. 2010. A new species of viper (Reptilia, Viperidae) from the Altay and Saur Mountains, Kazakhstan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 110–120.

Additional references

• Zinenko, O., Stümpel, N., Mazanaeva, L., Bakiev, A., Shiryaev, K., Pavlov, A., Kotenko, T., Kukushkin, O., Chikin, Y., Duisebayeva, T., Nilson, G., Orlov, N.L., Tuniyev, S., Ananjeva, N.B., Murphy, R.W. & Joger, U. 2015. Mitochondrial phylogeny shows multiple independent ecological transitions and northern dispersion despite of Pleistocene glaciations in meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera ursinii and Vipera renardi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 85–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.005 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera altaica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Altai Dwarf Viper