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| name = ''Vipera nikolskii'' | | name = ''Vipera nikolskii'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]'' | | genus = ''[[Vipera]]'' | ||
| species = '''''V. nikolskii''''' | | species = '''''V. nikolskii''''' | ||
| binomial = ''Vipera nikolskii'' | | binomial = ''Vipera nikolskii'' | ||
| binomial_authority = | | binomial_authority = Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986 | ||
| synonyms = * ''Vipera nikolskii'' - Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref> | | synonyms = * ''Vipera nikolskii'' - Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref> | ||
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'''Common names:''' Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> | '''Common names:''' Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> | ||
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'''''Vipera nikolskii''''' is a | '''''Vipera nikolskii''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species endemic in Ukraine.<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634997 ''Vipera nikolskii'' (TSN 634997)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 2 July 2007.</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.<ref name="Mal03"/> | Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.<ref name="Mal03"/> | ||
Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found in central Ukraine.<ref name="McD99"/> Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.<ref name="Mal03"/> The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda river, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo , near Kharkov.<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=nikolskii}} | * {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=nikolskii}}. | ||
[[Category:True vipers]] | |||
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | ||
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Common names: Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.[2]
Vipera nikolskii is a venomous viper species endemic in Ukraine.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Description
Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.[2]
Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).[1]
Geographic range
Found in central Ukraine.[1] Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.[2] The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda river, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo , near Kharkov.[1]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
- ↑ Vipera nikolskii (TSN 634997) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 2 July 2007.
Other references
- Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy. Golray P, Schatti J-C, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. New York: Springer-Verlag. 393 pp.
- Vedmederja VI, Grubant VN, Rudajewa AV. 1986. [On the taxonomy of the three viper species in the Vipera kaznakowi complex]. In: N. Ananjeva and L. Borkin (eds.), Systematics and ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad, 157:55-61. (In Russian).
External links
- Species Vipera nikolskii at the Species2000 Database.