Vipera dinniki

Vipera dinniki

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 dinniki

Name

Vipera dinniki Nikolsky, 1913

• Lectotype: MNKhU (also as MNKNU) 26044 [designated by Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev (1986:58)]
• Type locality: Svanetia, Georgia.

Combinations

• Vipera berus dinniki Nikolsky, 1913 [original combination]
• Coluber berus dinniki — Nikolsky, 1916 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera dinniki — Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1986 [subsequent combination]
• Pelias dinniki — Tuniyev, 2008 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Vipera tigrina Tzarewsky, 1916

References

Primary references

• Nikolsky, A. M. 1913. Herpetologia caucasica [in Russian]. Tiflis (Museum caucasicum), 272 pp.
• Vedmederja, V. J., Orlov, N. L. and B. S. Tuniyev, 1986. On taxonomy of three viper species of the Vipera kaznakowi complex [in Russian]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, 157: 55–61.
• Engelmann, W.E., Fritzsche, J., Günther, R. and F. J. Obst, 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
• Nilson, G., Tuniyev, B., Andrén, C.and N. Orlov, 1999. Vipers of Caucasus: Taxonomic considerations. Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 103–106.
• McDiarmid, R.W., Campbell, J.A., and T. A. Touré, 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• Schweiger, M. 2009. Die Giftschlangen Europas. Eine Übersicht der Arten und Bemerkungen zu einzelnen Taxa. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (2): 14–25.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera dinniki. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2022.
• Tuniyev, B., Nilson, G., Agasyan, A., Orlov, N.L. & Tuniyev, S. 2009. IUCN: Vipera dinniki  (Vulnerable) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T23001A114547350. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T23001A9407314.en. Accessed on 14 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Dinnik's Viper

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