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Montivipera kuhrangica RAJABIZADEH, NILSON & KAMI, 2011

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kuhrang mountain viper 
SynonymMontivipera kuhrangica RAJABIZADEH, NILSON & KAMI 2011
Montivipera kuhrangica — WALLACH et al. 2014: 458
Montivipera kuhrangica — BEHROOZ et al. 2018 
DistributionIran (Chaharmahal, Bakhtiari: central Zagros mountains)

Type locality: Tulip valley (Darreye Lale or Dashte Lale) (32°36’ N 50°11’ E), 8 km north east of Chelgerd village, Kuhrang region, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province (the province is located in highest part of central Zagros mountains), Iran, elevation 2490 m.  
Reproduction(ovo-) viparous. 
TypesHolotype: ZMGU 2203, Male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Montivipera kuhrangica sp. nov. can be distinguished from other known taxa of the Montivipera raddei group by a combination of meristic and color-pattern characters. In meristic point of view, it can be stated that the new viper has a relatively high fragmentation and as a result high count of head scales compare to other taxa of the Montivipera raddei species group. In addition also strongly projected supraoculars. As is shown in Table 1, Montivipera kuhrangica sp. nov. has higher number of head scales than average in other known taxa, e.g., in intercanthal scales, supralabial and infralabial scales and outer circumocular scales, as well as highest number of intersupraocular rows of scales. 
Comment 
Etymologynamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Behrooz, Roozbeh; Mohammad Kaboli, Véronique Arnal, Masoud Nazarizadeh, Atefeh Asadi, Amin Salmanian, Mohsen Ahmadi, Claudine Montgelard; 2018. Conservation Below The Species Level: Suitable Evolutionarily Significant Units Among Mountain Vipers (The Montivipera Raddei Complex) in Iran. Journal of Heredity, esy005, - get paper here
  • Gholamifard, A 2011. Endemism in the reptile fauna of Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 7 (1) - get paper here
  • Kamali, Kamran 2020. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Iran. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (www.chimaira.de). 574 pp.
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  • Rajabizadeh, Mahdi 2013. Biodiversity of the snakes in northern and western mountains of Iran, with special emphasis on biodiversity in colubroids. Thesis, U Gent, VI + 227 pp. - get paper here
  • Rajabizadeh, Mehdi; Göran Nilson, and Haji Gholi Kami 2011. A New Species of Mountain Viper (Ophidia: Viperidae) from the Central Zagros Mountains, Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 18 (3): 235 – 240 - get paper here
  • Stümpel, Nikolaus; Mehdi Rajabizadeh, Aziz Avcı, Wolfgang Wüster, Ulrich Joger 2016. Phylogeny and diversification of mountain vipers (Montivipera, Nilson et al. 2001) triggered by multiple Plio-Pleistocene refugia and high-mountain topography in the Near and Middle East. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.025 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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