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| color = pink
| color = pink
| name = ''Vipera latifii''
| name = ''Vipera latifii''
| status = VU
| status = <!-- VU -->
| 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. latifii'''''
| species = '''''V. latifii'''''
| binomial = ''Vipera latifii''
| binomial = ''Vipera latifii''
| binomial_authority = [[R. Mertens|Mertens]], [[I.S. Darevsky|Darevsky]] & [[K. Klemmer|Klemmer]], [[1967]]
| binomial_authority = Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967
| synonyms = * ''Vipera latifii'' - Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967
| synonyms = * ''Vipera latifii'' - Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967
* ''Daboia'' (''Daboia'') ''raddei latifii'' - Obst, 1983
* ''Daboia'' (''Daboia'') ''raddei latifii'' - Obst, 1983
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'''Common names:''' Latifi'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:''' Latifi'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>
 
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'''''Vipera latifii''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] endemic in [[Iran]]. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=|taxon=Vipera latifii|year=2006|date=17 August}}</ref>
'''''Vipera latifii''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species endemic in Iran. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=202181 ''Vipera latifii'' (TSN 202181)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 29 June 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
For adult males, the maximum length is 78 cm, for females 70 cm.<ref name="Mal03"/>
For adult males, the maximum length is 78 cm, for females 70 cm.<ref name="Mal03"/>


[[Holotype]]: SMF 62585.<ref name="McD99"/>
Holotype: SMF 62585.<ref name="McD99"/>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
[[Iran]]: upper Lar Valley in the [[Elburz Mountains]]. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is listed as "Hochtal von Lar (2180-2900 m Höhe), südwestlisch des Demavend-Gipfels im Elburs-Gebirge, nordöstlich von Tehran, Iran" [High valley of the Lar (2180-2900 m), southwest of the Demavend Peak in the Elburz Mountains, northwest of [[Tehran]], Iran].<ref name="McD99"/>
Found only in Iran in the upper Lar Valley in the Elburz Mountains. The type locality is listed as "Hochtal von Lar (2180-2900 m Höhe), südwestlisch des Demavend-Gipfels im Elburs-Gebirge, nordöstlich von Tehran, Iran" [High valley of the Lar (2180-2900 m), southwest of the Demavend Peak in the Elburz Mountains, northwest of Tehran, Iran].<ref name="McD99"/>


==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==
This species is classified Vulnerable (VU) according to the [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1+2c (v2.3, 1994).<ref name="ICUN-VL">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22992/summ ''Vipera latifii''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref> This indicates that the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 20,000 km², or the area of occupancy is estimated to be less than 2,000 km². Estimates indicate that the total population is severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than ten locations. Also, a continuing decline is inferred, observed or projected in the area, extent and/or quality of its habitat. Year assessed: 1996.<ref name="ICUN-23">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria1994#categories 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 5 October 2006.</ref>
This species is classified Vulnerable (VU) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1+2c (v2.3, 1994).<ref name="ICUN-VL">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22992/summ ''Vipera latifii''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref> This indicates that the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 20,000 km², or the area of occupancy is estimated to be less than 2,000 km². Estimates indicate that the total population is severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than ten locations. Also, a continuing decline is inferred, observed or projected in the area, extent and/or quality of its habitat. Year assessed: 1996.<ref name="ICUN-23">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/categories_criteria1994#categories 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)][http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 5 October 2006.</ref>


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
Rocky habitats at 2180-2900 m altitude.<ref name="McD99"/>
Rocky habitats at 2180-2900 m altitude.<ref name="McD99"/>


==See also==
* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[Snakebite]].


==Cited references==
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=latifii}}
[[Category:True vipers]]

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Vipera latifii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. latifii
Binomial name
Vipera latifii
Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967
Synonyms
  • Vipera latifii - Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967
  • Daboia (Daboia) raddei latifii - Obst, 1983
  • Vipera latifii - Weinstein & Minton, 1984
  • Vipera raddei latifii - Golay et al., 1993[1]

Common names: Latifi's viper.[2]  
 
Vipera latifii is a venomous viper species endemic in Iran. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Description

For adult males, the maximum length is 78 cm, for females 70 cm.[2]

Holotype: SMF 62585.[1]

Geographic range

Found only in Iran in the upper Lar Valley in the Elburz Mountains. The type locality is listed as "Hochtal von Lar (2180-2900 m Höhe), südwestlisch des Demavend-Gipfels im Elburs-Gebirge, nordöstlich von Tehran, Iran" [High valley of the Lar (2180-2900 m), southwest of the Demavend Peak in the Elburz Mountains, northwest of Tehran, Iran].[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified Vulnerable (VU) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1+2c (v2.3, 1994).[4] This indicates that the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 20,000 km², or the area of occupancy is estimated to be less than 2,000 km². Estimates indicate that the total population is severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than ten locations. Also, a continuing decline is inferred, observed or projected in the area, extent and/or quality of its habitat. Year assessed: 1996.[5]

Habitat

Rocky habitats at 2180-2900 m altitude.[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 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 latifii (TSN 202181) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 29 June 2007.
  4. Vipera latifii at IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  5. 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)IUCN Red List. Accessed 5 October 2006.