Vipera orlovi

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Vipera orlovi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
V. orlovi
Binomial name
Vipera orlovi
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Synonyms [2]
  • Vipera orlovi
    B. 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 in the family Viperidae. [2] The species is endemic to Russia.

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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). [1]

Reproduction

V. orlovi is viviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Tuniyev, B.; Nilson, G.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2017) [errata version of 2009 assessment]. "Vipera orlovi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164756A5923491.en . Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Vipera orlovi TUNIYEV & OSTROVSKIKH, 2001 at The Reptile Database.
  3. ↑ 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, p. 196).

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