Vipera renardi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Vipera |
| Species: | V. renardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Vipera renardi (Christoph, 1861)
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Vipera renardi is a species of viper, a venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Asia and Eastern Europe. Five subspecies are recognized.
Etymology
The specific name, renardi, is in honor of Russian naturalist Charles Renard[4] (1809—1886), also known as Karl Renard.[3]
The subspecific names, bashkirovi and puzanovi, are in honor of Russian zoologists Ivan Sergeyevich Bashkirov (1900–1980) and Ivan Ivanovich Puzanov (1885–1971), respectively.[3]
Geographic range
V. renardi is found in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.[3]
Habitat
The natural habitats of V. renardi are shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 0–2,500 m (0–8,202 ft).[1]
Reproduction
V. renardi is ovoviviparous.[3]
Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Vipera renardi bashkirovi Garanin, Pavlov & Bakiev, 2004
- Vipera renardi parursinii Nilson & Andrén, 2001
- Vipera renardi puzanovi Kukuskin, 2009
- Vipera renardi renardi (Christoph, 1861)
- Vipera renardi tienshanica Nilson & Andrén, 2001
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Vipera.
References
- ^ a b Nilson, Göran; Andrén, Claes; Tuniyev, Boris (2009). "Vipera renardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157268A5066267. Downloaded on 10 January 2020.
- ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Vipera renardi, pp. 475-476).
- ^ a b c d e Vipera renardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2007.
- ^ 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 renardi, p. 219).
Further reading
- Cristoph H (1861). "Pelias renardi mihi ". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturaliste de Moscou 34: 599–606. (Pelias renardi, new species). (in German and Latin).
- Krecsák L, Tóth T (2005). "Biting among male Steppe Vipers Vipera renardi (Christoph, 1861)". Herpetozoa 18 (3/4): 188–189.
- Nilson G, Andrén C (2001). "The meadow and steppe vipers of Europe and Asia — the Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii complex". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47: 87-267. (Vipera renardi tienshanica, new subspecies, p. 204; V. r. parursinii, new subspecies, p. 208).
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