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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| color = pink
| name = ''Vipera darevskii''
| name = ''Vipera darevskii''
| status =  CR
| image = Darevsky's Viper.jpg
| status =  <!-- CR -->
| status_system = iucn2.3
| status_system = iucn2.3
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake (animal)|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| species = '''''V. darevskii'''''
| species = '''''V. darevskii'''''
| binomial = ''Vipera darevskii''
| binomial = ''Vipera darevskii''
| binomial_authority = [[V.J. Vedmederja|Vedmederja]], [[N.L. Orlov|Orlov]] & [[B.S. Tuniyev|Tuniyev]], [[1986]]
| binomial_authority = Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1986
| synonyms = * ''Vipera kaznakowi dinniki'' - Darevskij, 1956
| synonyms = * ''Vipera kaznakowi dinniki'' - Darevskij, 1956
* ''Vipera kaznakowi darevskii'' - Vedmederja, 1984
* ''Vipera kaznakowi darevskii'' - Vedmederja, 1984
* ''Vipera darevskii'' - Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, [[1986]]<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
* ''Vipera darevskii'' - Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1986<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
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'''''Vipera darevskii''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in Armenia and possibly also in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name="Mal03"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634991 ''Vipera darevskii'' (TSN 634991)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 28 June 2007.</ref>


'''Common names:''' Darevsky's viper.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref>
'''Common names:''' Darevsky's viper.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref>
'''''Vipera darevskii''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] found in [[Armenia]] and possibly also in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name="Mal03"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634991|taxon=Vipera darevskii|year=2006|date=17 August}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
The southeastern Dzavachet Mountains in [[Armenia]] and adjacent areas in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Recentrly also described from the east of the Artvin province of Turkey. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Mount Legli, Mokrye mountains, Gukasyanskii region, Armenia."<ref name="McD99"/>
The southeastern Dzavachet Mountains in Armenia and adjacent areas in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Recently also described from the east of the Artvin province of Turkey. The type locality given is "Mount Legli, Mokrye mountains, Gukasyanskii region, Armenia."<ref name="McD99"/>


==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==
This species is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) according to the [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: C2b (v2.3, 1994).<ref name="ICUN-CR">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23000/summ ''Vipera darevskii''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref> This indicates that the population estimated to number less than 250 mature individuals and that a continuing decline has been observed, projected, or inferred, in the numbers of mature individuals, and that all individuals are in a single subpopulation. Year assessed: 1996.<ref name="IUCN-23">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria1994 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref>
This species is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: C2b (v2.3, 1994).<ref name="ICUN-CR">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/23000/summ ''Vipera darevskii''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref> This indicates that the population estimated to number less than 250 mature individuals and that a continuing decline has been observed, projected, or inferred, in the numbers of mature individuals, and that all individuals are in a single subpopulation. Year assessed: 1996.<ref name="IUCN-23">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria1994 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref>


==See also==
==Attribution==
* ''[[Vipera]]''.
{{WPAttribution}}
* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Synonymy|True vipers - Synonymy]].
* [[Snakebite]].


==Cited references==
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==External links==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=darevskii}}


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[[Category:True vipers]]
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[[Category:CZ Live]]

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Vipera darevskii
Darevsky's Viper.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. darevskii
Binomial name
Vipera darevskii
Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1986
Synonyms
  • Vipera kaznakowi dinniki - Darevskij, 1956
  • Vipera kaznakowi darevskii - Vedmederja, 1984
  • Vipera darevskii - Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1986[1]

Vipera darevskii is a venomous viper species found in Armenia and possibly also in Georgia.[2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Common names: Darevsky's viper.[2]

Description

The reported maximum length for females is 42.1 cm. The largest male was 25.8 cm.[2]

Geographic range

The southeastern Dzavachet Mountains in Armenia and adjacent areas in Georgia. Recently also described from the east of the Artvin province of Turkey. The type locality given is "Mount Legli, Mokrye mountains, Gukasyanskii region, Armenia."[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: C2b (v2.3, 1994).[4] This indicates that the population estimated to number less than 250 mature individuals and that a continuing decline has been observed, projected, or inferred, in the numbers of mature individuals, and that all individuals are in a single subpopulation. Year assessed: 1996.[5]

Attribution

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Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  3. Vipera darevskii (TSN 634991) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 28 June 2007.
  4. Vipera darevskii at IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  5. 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.