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 .