Vipera pontica BILLING, NILSON & SATTLER, 1990
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Black Sea Viper G: Ponitsche Viper |
Synonym | Vipera pontica BILLING, NILSON & SATTLER 1990 Vipera pontica — ENGELMANN et al 1993 Vipera pontica — WELCH 1994: 123 Vipera pontica — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 407 Pelias pontica — TUNIYEV et al. 2012 Pelias pontica — WALLACH et al. 2014: 544 |
Distribution | Turkey, Republic of Georgia Type locality: Coruh Valley, Artvin Province, NE Turkey |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: GNM (Göteborg Natural History Museum) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Venomous! Species of doubtful validity (U. Joger in MCDIARMID et al. 1999). Maybe placed in the synonymy of V. barani (fide BARAN 2001) |
Etymology | named after the type locality in the Pontic mountain chain. |
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