Vipera lotievi
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| image = Vipera lotievi.jpg
| genus = Vipera
| species = lotievi
| authority = Nilson, Tuniyev, Orlov, Höggren & Andrén, 1995
| range_map = Vipera lotievi distribution.png
| synonyms =
- Vipera lotievi
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Vipera lotievi, commonly known as the Caucasian meadow viperMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. {{ISBN|0-89464-877-2}}. and Lotiev's viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is native to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.{{ITIS|id=634995|taxon=Vipera lotievi |accessdate=18 August 2006}}
Etymology
The specific name, lotievi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist K. Yu Lotiev,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}}. (Lotiev, p. 161). who collected the holotype and some of the paratypes.Nilson, Tuniyev, et al. (1995). pp. 21–22.
Description
Reproduction
V. lotievi is viviparous.
Range
V. lotievi is found in the higher range of the Big Caucasus mountain range in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.
The type locality is listed as "Armkhi, Checheno-Ingushetia, Russia, below Mt. Stolovaya, 2000 m altitude" [Armkhi, Respublika Ingushetiya, Russia,Google Earth. 6,600 ft].
References
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Further reading
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- Nilson G, Höggren M, Tuniyev BS, Orlov NL, Andrén C (1994). "Phylogeny of the Vipers of the Caucasus (Reptilia, Viperidae)". Zoologica Scripta 23 (4): 353-360.
- Nilson G, Tuniyev BS, Orlov N, Höggren M, Andrén C (1995). "Systematics of the Vipers of the Caucasus: Polymorphism or Sibling Species?" Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 1-26. (Vipera lotievi, new species, pp. 21–24, Figure 22).
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Category:Reptiles of Azerbaijan