Montivipera latifii (Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer, 1967)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4331102 |
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Montivipera latifii (Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer, 1967) |
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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 .
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Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg |
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Montivipera latifii (Mertens, Darewsky & Klemmer, 1967)
| Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali 2018 |
Vipera latifii
| MERTENS R. & DAREVSKY I. S. & KLEMMER K. 1967: 168 |