Vipera orlovi

Vipera orlovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Genus:Vipera
Species: V. orlovi
Binomial name
Vipera orlovi
Tuniyev & Ostrovskikh, 2001
Synonyms[1]
  • Vipera orlovi
    Tuniyev & Ostroskikh, 2001
  • Vipera dinniki orlovi
    — Schweiger, 2009
  • Vipera orlovi
    — Li Vigni, 2013
  • Pelias orlovi
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Vipera orlovi is a species of venomous snake of the genus Vipera.[1]

Taxonomy

V. orlovi was described as a species new to science by Tuniyev and Ostrovskikh in 2001.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, orlovi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Nikolai Lusteranovich Orlov (born 1952).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vipera orlovi TUNIYEV & OSTROVSKIKH, 2001 at The Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera orlovi, pp. 196-197).

Further reading

  • Tuniyev BS, Ostrovskikh SV (2001). "Two new species of vipers of kaznakovi complex (Ophidia, Viperidae) from western Caucasus". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (2): 117-126. (Vipera orlovi, new species).


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