Vipera orlovi

Vipera orlovi is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.[2] The species is endemic to Russia.

Vipera orlovi

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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[2]
  • Vipera orlovi
    Tuniyev & Ostroskikh, 2001
  • Vipera dinniki orlovi
    — Schweiger, 2009
  • Vipera orlovi
    — Li Vigni, 2013
  • Pelias orlovi
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Taxonomy

V. orlovi was described as a species new to science by Boris S. Tuniyev and Sergei V. Ostrovskikh in 2001.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, orlovi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Nikolai Lusteranovich Orlov (born 1952).[3]

Geographic range

V. orlovi is found in the Caucasus area of Russia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of V. orlovi are forest, grassland, and shrubland at altitudes of 200–950 m (660–3,120 ft).[4]

Reproduction

V. orlovi is viviparous.[2]

References
  1. Tuniyev, B.; Nilson, G.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2009). "Bothrocophias myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164756A5923491.en.
  2. Vipera orlovi TUNIYEV & OSTROVSKIKH, 2001 at The Reptile Database.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera orlovi, p. 196).
  4. Tuniyev B, Nilson G, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S (2009). "Vipera orlovi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Further reading
  • Phelps T (2010). Old World Vipers: A natural history of the Azemiopinae and Viperinae. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 558 pp. ISBN 978-3899734706.
  • Schweiger M (2009). "Die Giftschlangen Europas: Eine Übersicht der Arten und Bemerkungen zu einzelnen Taxa ". Reptilia (Münster) 14 (76): 14–25. (Vipera dinniki orlovi, new combination). (in German).
  • 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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