Vipera dinniki

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: Vipera
Species: Vipera dinniki

Name edit

Vipera dinniki Nikolsky, 1913

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

Combinations edit

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

Synonyms edit

References edit

Primary references edit

  • 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.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Dinnik's Viper
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