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| name = ''Vipera raddei''
| name = ''Vipera raddei''
| status =  LR/lc
| status =  <!-- LR/lc -->
| 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|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| species = '''''V. raddei'''''
| species = '''''V. raddei'''''
| binomial = ''Vipera raddei''
| binomial = ''Vipera raddei''
| binomial_authority = [[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], [[1890]]
| binomial_authority = Boettger, 1890
| synonyms = * ''Vipera xanthina - Strauch, 1869
| synonyms = * ''Vipera xanthina - Strauch, 1869
* ''Vipera xanthina - Strauch, 1873
* ''Vipera xanthina - Strauch, 1873
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'''Common names:''' rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Armenian mountain 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:''' rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Armenian mountain 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 raddei''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] found in [[Turkey]], [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], and possibly also [[Iraq]]. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=|taxon=Vipera raddei|year=2006|date=18 August}}</ref>
'''''Vipera raddei''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in [[Turkey]], [[Iran]], Armenia, Azerbaijan, and possibly also in Iraq. No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635000 ''Vipera raddei'' (TSN 635000)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 3 July 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
Eastern [[Turkey]], northwestern [[Iran]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], and probably [[Iraq]]. This species is [[parapatric]] or slightly [[sympatric]] with ''[[Vipera wagneri|V. wagneri]]'' in the [[Araks River|Aras river]] valley, [[Kars Province]], eastern Turkey. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is listed as "Kasikoparan in Armenien." According to Nilson and Andrén (1986), Kasikoparan, Armenia (40°02'N, 43°26'E)] is now part of Turkey (Kazikkiran [Kazikkoparan]), Tuzluca, Kars Province, northeastern Anatolia).<ref name="McD99"/>
Found in eastern [[Turkey]], northwestern [[Iran]], Armenia, Azerbaijan, and possibly also in Iraq. This species is parapatric or slightly sympatric with ''[[Vipera wagneri|V. wagneri]]'' in the Aras river valley, Kars Province, eastern Turkey. The type locality is listed as "Kasikoparan in Armenien." According to Nilson and Andrén (1986), Kasikoparan, Armenia (40°02'N, 43°26'E)] is now part of Turkey (Kazikkiran [Kazikkoparan]), Tuzluca, Kars Province, northeastern Anatolia).<ref name="McD99"/>


==Conservation status==
==Conservation status==
This species is classified as Lower Risk with a subcategory of least concern (LR/lc) according to the [[IUCN]] Red List of Threatened Species (v2.3, 1994). This indicates that it has been evaluated, but that it does not satisfy the criteria for any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Also, it does not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened either. Year assessed: 1996.<ref name="ICUN-EN">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22993/summ ''Vipera raddei''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref><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 Lower Risk with a subcategory of least concern (LR/lc) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v2.3, 1994). This indicates that it has been evaluated, but that it does not satisfy the criteria for any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Also, it does not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened either. Year assessed: 1996.<ref name="ICUN-EN">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22993/summ ''Vipera raddei''] at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Red List]. Accessed 6 October 2006.</ref><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>


It is also listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the [[Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats|Berne Convention]].<ref name="COE">[http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/FR/Treaties/Html/104-3.htm Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III] at [http://conventions.coe.int/ Council of Europe]. Accessed 9 October 2006.</ref>
It is also listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the Berne Convention.<ref name="COE">[http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/FR/Treaties/Html/104-3.htm Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III] at [http://conventions.coe.int/ Council of Europe]. Accessed 9 October 2006.</ref>


==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=raddei}}
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=raddei}}.


[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:True vipers]]

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Vipera raddei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. raddei
Binomial name
Vipera raddei
Boettger, 1890
Synonyms
  • Vipera xanthina - Strauch, 1869
  • Vipera xanthina - Strauch, 1873
  • Vipera Raddei - Boettger 1890
  • Vipera raddii - Boulenger, 1896
  • Coluber raddei - Nikolsky, 1916
  • Vipera lebetina raddei - Schwarz, 1936
  • Vipera xanthina raddei - Mertens, 1952
  • Daboia (Daboia) raddei raddei - Obst, 1983
  • Daboia raddei - Engelmann et al., 1985
  • Vipera raddei - Nilson & Andrén, 1986
  • Vipera raddei kurdistanica - Nilson & Andrén, 1986
  • Vipera raddei - Latifi, 1991[1]

Common names: rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Armenian mountain viper.[2]  
 
Vipera raddei is a venomous viper species found in Turkey, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and possibly also in Iraq. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Description

Adult males grow to a maximum length of 99 cm. Adult females are smaller with a maximum of 79 cm.[2]

Geographic range

Found in eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and possibly also in Iraq. This species is parapatric or slightly sympatric with V. wagneri in the Aras river valley, Kars Province, eastern Turkey. The type locality is listed as "Kasikoparan in Armenien." According to Nilson and Andrén (1986), Kasikoparan, Armenia (40°02'N, 43°26'E)] is now part of Turkey (Kazikkiran [Kazikkoparan]), Tuzluca, Kars Province, northeastern Anatolia).[1]

Conservation status

This species is classified as Lower Risk with a subcategory of least concern (LR/lc) according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v2.3, 1994). This indicates that it has been evaluated, but that it does not satisfy the criteria for any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Also, it does not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened either. Year assessed: 1996.[4][5]

It is also listed as a protected species (Appendix III) under the Berne Convention.[6]

Taxonomy

This species is apparently closely related to V. albicornuta and V. latifii; together they form the Vipera raddei group or complex.[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). 511 pp. 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 raddei (TSN 635000) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 3 July 2007.
  4. ↑ Vipera raddei at IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  5. ↑ 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)IUCN Red List. Accessed 6 October 2006.
  6. ↑ Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Appendix III at Council of Europe. Accessed 9 October 2006.

Other references

  • Nilson G, Andrén C. 1986. The mountain vipers of the middle east: The Vipera xanthina complex. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 20.

External links

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