Gloydius caucasicus (NIKOLSKY, 1916)
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Gloydius caucasicus
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Caucasian pitviper G: Kaukasus-Otter |
| Synonym | Ancistrodon halys caucasicus NIKOLSKY 1916 Ancistrodon halys persicus RENDAHL 1933: 12 Ancistrodon halys caucasicus — RENDAHL 1933: 11 Agkistrodon halys caucasicus — HARDING & WELCH 1980 Agkistrodon intermedius caucasicus — GLOYD & CONANT 1982 Gloydius halys caucasicus — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004 Gloydius halys caucasicus — DAVID & VOGEL 2015 Gloydius halys caucasicus — WAGNER et al. 2016 Gloydius caucasicus — ASADI et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | S Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, N Iran, NW Afghanistan. Type locality: Lenkoransky Uezd (now Lenkoran District, south-eastern Azerbaijan). |
| Reproduction | Viviparous. |
| Types | Neotype: ZISP 19017.1, adult male, Azerbaijan, Lenkoran District, vicinity of the Kirovsk town. Leg.: V. E. Dmitrijev, May 15, 1978; Lectotype (designated by VEDMEDERYA et al. 2009). MNKNU 14942 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (halys). Dorsal scales in 23 rows at midbody (very seldom 21 or 25); ventrals 141 – 187, sub- caudals 29 – 56; 7 – 9 supralabials. Total length up to 750 mm [ORLOV & BARABANOV 1999]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4322 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous! Synonymy: Listed as a synonym of Gloydius halys by Wallach et al. 2014: 310. Distribution: see maps in ORLOV & BARABANOV 1999, ASADI et al. 2019 (Fig. 4), Shi et al. 2021: 102 (Fig. 6). |
| Etymology | Named after its occurrence in the Caucasus region. |
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