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Montivipera raddei (Caucasus Viper; Armenian viper)

Synonyms: Montivipera albicornuta; Vipera albicornuta; Vipera raddei; Vipera raddei kurdistanica

Wikipedia Abstract

Vipera raddei is a venomous viper species found in Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and possibly also Iraq. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Montivipera raddei

Infraspecies

Montivipera raddei kurdistanica
Montivipera raddei raddei

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Montivipera raddei

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.174 lbs (986 g)
Gestation [1]  42 days
Litter Size [1]  6
Maximum Longevity [2]  11 years
Venomous [3]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests Iran, Azerbaijan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests    
Eastern Anatolian montane steppe Iran, Turkey, Armenia Palearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Elburz Range forest steppe Iran Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey No
Irano-Anatolian Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan No

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
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