Biology:Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi

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Short description: Subspecies of snake

Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Macrovipera
Species:
Subspecies:
M. l. cernovi
Trinomial name
Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi
(Chikin & Szczerbak, 1992)
Synonyms
  • Vipera lebetina cernovi
    Chikin & Szczerbak, 1992
  • Macrovipera lebetina cernovi — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999[1]

Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi, known as the Chernov blunt-nosed viper, is a viper subspecies[2] endemic to Asia. Like all other vipers, it is venomous.

Etymology

The subspecific name, cernovi, is in honor of Soviet herpetologist Sergius Aleksandrovich Chernov (1903–1964).

Description

This subspecies normally has semidivided supraoculars.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and parts of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan .[3]

References

  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Macrovipera lebetina cernovi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635247. Retrieved 10 August 2006. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mallow 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.

Further reading

  • Chikin Y, Szczerbak NN. 1992. [New subspecies of blunt-nosed viper, Vipera lebetina cernovi, ssp. nov. (Reptilia, Viperidae) from Middle Asia]. Vestn. Zool. (6): 45–49. (in Russian with English Summary).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6725722 entry