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Montivipera albizona (Mountain viper)

Synonyms: Vipera albizona

Wikipedia Abstract

Vipera albizona is a venomous viper species endemic to the mountainous regions of central Turkey. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Montivipera albizona

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Montivipera albizona

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Anatolian deciduous forests Turkey Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Irano-Anatolian Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan Yes

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0