Montivipera kuhrangica
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Montivipera kuhrangica, commonly known as the Kuhrang mountain viper (named after a mountain they have been found on), is a species of viper endemic to Iran.{{EMBL species|genus=Montivipera|species=kuhrangica}}Rajabizadeh, Mehdi; Göran Nilson, and Haji Gholi Kami 2011. A New Species of Mountain Viper (Ophidia: Viperidae) from the Central Zagros Mountains, Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 18 (3): 235 – 240 Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
Description
M. kuhrangica can be distinguished from other Montivipera sp. in many ways, such as their relatively high head scale count as well as distinctly strongly projected suprocular scales.Rajabizadeh, Mahdi. (2013). Biodiversity of the snakes in northern and western mountains of Iran, with special emphasis on biodiversity in colubroids.
Reproduction
Geographic range
The snake is found in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran in the Zagros Mountains - specifically Tulip Valley at an elevation of 2490m.{{Cite journal |last=Gholamifard |first=A |date=September 2011 |title=Endemism in the reptile fauna of Iran |url=https://doi.org/10.22067/ijab.v7i1.25218 |journal=Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics |volume=7 |issue=1 |doi=10.22067/ijab.v7i1.25218}}
Because the current known geographic range of M. kuhrangica is smaller than 5000km2, their habitat is being damaged by overgrazing and their sightings are so rare, it has been proposed to consider M. kurangica as endangered.{{Cite journal |url=https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/109/4/416/4833251 |access-date=2024-07-22 |journal=Journal of Heredity |doi=10.1093/jhered/esy005 |title=Conservation Below the Species Level: Suitable Evolutionarily Significant Units among Mountain Vipers (The Montivipera raddei complex) in Iran |date=2018 |last1=Behrooz |first1=Roozbeh |last2=Kaboli |first2=Mohammad |last3=Arnal |first3=Véronique |last4=Nazarizadeh |first4=Masoud |last5=Asadi |first5=Atefeh |last6=Salmanian |first6=Amin |last7=Ahmadi |first7=Mohsen |last8=Montgelard |first8=Claudine |volume=109 |issue=4 |pages=416–425 |pmid=29401236 }} This has not been officially concluded.