Biology:Vipera nikolskii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Vipera |
| Species: | V. nikolskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Vipera nikolskii Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986[1]
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- Common names: Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.[3]
Vipera nikolskii is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.[1][4] No subspecies are recognized as being valid.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, nikolskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky.[6]
Description
Adults of Vipera nikolskii are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum total length (including tail) of 680 mm (27 in).[3]
Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).[1]
Geographic distribution
Vipera nikolskii is spread in Central Ukraine and southwestern Russia.[1][4] Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine.[3]
The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda River, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo, near Kharkiv.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
- ↑ Species Vipera nikolskii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Animals of Russia". http://www.sevin.ru/vertebrates/. (in Russian).
- ↑ "Vipera nikolskii ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634997.
- ↑ 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 nikolskii, p. 190).
Further reading
- Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-, Schätti B, Toriba M (1993). Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. ISBN 2-940077-00-2. 478 pp.
- Strugariu, Alexandru; Zamfirescu, Ştefan Remus; Nicoară, Andreea; Gherghel, Iulian; Sas-Kovacs, Istvan; Pușcașu, Cristina M.; Bugeac, Teodor (2008). "Preliminary data regarding the distribution of the herpetofauna in Iași County (Romania)". North-Western Journal of Zoology 4 (Supplement 1): S1–S23.
- Vedmederja VI, Grubant VN, Rudajewa AV (1986). ["On the taxonomy of the three viper species in the Vipera kaznakowi complex"]. In: Ananjeva N, Borkin L (editors). "Systematics and Ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad 157: 55–61. (Vipera nikolskii, new species). (in Russian).
- Zinenko, Oleksandr; Țurcanu, Vladimir; Strugariu, Alexandru (2010). "Distribution and morphological variation of Vipera berus nikolskii Vedmederja, Grubant et Rudaeva, 1986 in Western Ukraine, The Republic of Moldova and Romania". Amphibia-Reptilia 31 (1): 51–67.
Wikidata ☰ Q1515810 entry
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