Montivipera

Montivipera
	Montivipera xanthina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Viperinae
Genus:	Montivipera; Nilson, Tuniyev, Andren, Orlov, Joger, & Herrmann, 1999

Montivipera is a genus of vipers^[1] found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.^[2] Like all other vipers, they are venomous.

The Montivipera genus was previously described as a subgenus of Vipera, but it was elevated to full genus status in 2001 by Lenk, Kalayabina, Wink & Joger.^[2]

Description

generally the maximum length of Montivipera sp. is 78cm, though they are generally smaller.

Species


Species	Taxon author(s)	Subsp.*	Common name(s)	Geographic range(s)
Montivipera albizona	Nilson, Andrén, and Flärdh, 1990	0	Central Turkish mountain viper	Central Turkey
Montivipera bornmuelleri	Werner, 1898	0	Lebanon viper, Bornmueller's viper	Western Asia
Montivipera bulgardaghica	Nilson & Andrén, 1985	0	Mountain Bulgar viper, Bulgardagh viper	Southern Turkey
Montivipera kuhrangica	Rajabizadeh, Nilson, & Kami, 2011	0	Kuhrag mountain viper	Iran
Montivipera latifii	Mertens, Darevsky, & Klemmer, 1967	0	Latifi's viper, Iranian valley viper, Lar Valley viper	Iran
Montivipera raddei	Boettger, 1890	1	Rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Kurdistan viper (Vipera raddei kurdistanica), Armenian mountain viper, Armenian viper, Radde's viper, Armenian mountain adder and Zanjhani viper.	Eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and likely Iraqi Kurdistan.
Montivipera wagneri	Nilson & Andrén, 1984	0	Ocellate mountain viper, ocellated mountain viper, and Wagner's viper	Eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran.
Montivipera xanthina	Gray, 1849	0	Rock viper, coastal viper and Ottoman viper	Northeastern Greece and Turkey