Montivipera latifii
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah (Iran) na. eskandarzadeh @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
- 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah (Iran)
- 3. Biology, Faculty of Science, Hakim sabzevari University, Sabzevar (Iran)
- 4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Yasouj University, Yasouj (Iran)
- 5. Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad (Iran)
- 6. Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad (Iran)
Description
Montivipera latifii (Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer, 1967)
Vipera latifii Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967: 161-168.
COMMON NAME. — Latifi’s Mountain Viper.
HOLOTYPE. — SMF 62585.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Lar valley (2180-2900 m elevation), South West of the Demavend summit in the Alborz Mountains, North East of Tehran.
DISTRIBUTION. — Restricted to a small area in the upper Lar River Basin, in the Central Alborz Mountains of Iran. Althought the species has been recorded before from other localities such as Ab-ask, Aŋeh, Firuzkuh, Gajereh, Gachsar and Havir, it is believed restricted to the upper Lar River Valley (Nilson 2009; Behrooz et al. 2015).
HABITAT. — Rocky habitats in the upper Lar Valley at elevations of 2180 to 2900 m (Andrén & Nilson 1979).
IUCN. — Endangered.
REFERENCES. — Mertens et al. (1967); Andrén & Nilson, (1979); Nilson (2009); Behrooz et al. (2015).
REMARK
See Remarks of M. kuhrangica.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SMF
- Scientific name authorship
- Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Montivipera
- Species
- latifii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Montivipera latifii (Mertens, 1967) sec. Eskandarzadeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia, Bahmani, Hamidi & Gholamifard, 2018
References
- MERTENS R., DAREVSKY I. S. & KLEMMER K. 1967. - Vipera latifii, eine neue Giftschlange aus dem Iran. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 161 - 168.
- NILSON G. 2009. - Montivipera latifii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e. T 22992 A 9406111.
- BEHROOZ R., KABOLI M., NOURANI E., AHMADI M., ALIZADEH SHABANI A., YOUSEFI M., ASADI A. & RAJABIZADEH M. 2015. - Habitat modeling and conservation of the endemic Latifi's Viper (Montivipera latifii) in Lar National Park, Northern Iran. Herpetological Conservation & Biology 10: 572 - 582.
- ANDREN C. & NILSON G. 1979. - Vipera latifii (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) an endangered viper from Lar Valley, Iran, and Remarks on the systematic herpetofauna. Journal of Herpetology 13: 335 - 341. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1563329