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Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)

sbsp. obtusa (Dwigubsky, 1832)

Blint nosed viper

¶Ûáõñ½³, ڳóճÝ,

   
Morphology
Distribution in Armenia
Global distribution

Body lenght (cm)

 

Altitude ranges:(m above sea level)

Araks basin: 375-1600 (2000, 2300)

Kura basin: 375-1300

  

Tail lenght (cm)

 

Admin. districts:

Araks basin: S-Shirak, Aragatsotn, Armavir,Yerevan Ararat, Kotayk, Vayots Dzor, Syunik, (Gegharkunik is given incorrectly)

Kura basin: N-E Tavoush, (N-E Lory possibly)

Regions/ Countries

Asia: Arabia, Armenia, Afghanstan, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, SE Georgia, NW India, Iraq, Iran, Israel? (perhaps extinct), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, W Pakistan, S Russia (Daghestan), Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenstan.

Africa:Algeria, Tunisia
Mass (g)
Habitats: Rocklands covered by phryganoids or woody vegetation, semideserts, buildings and ruins.

Chromosome No

2n =

Conservation Status
Taxonomy
National Red List
IUCN
CITES
Burn Convention
Complex: -
 Proposed as Vu.
-
        
Subgenus: - Known trends: Not objective data is available (presumably threatened)
Genus: Macrovipera Key references:
Subfamily: Viperinae  
Family: Viperidae  
Infraorder: Ophidia  
Order: Squamata  
Classys: Reptilia  
Synonimy
  

 

 

 

Similar species: Hemorrhois nummifer, Telescopus fallax iberus, Natrix tessellata, Eryx jaculus


Food: small Mammals, birds, reptiles, arthropods,

Enemies: Martes foinanehringi Sat., man.

Parasites:

Known trend: not abjective data is available

References:

Aghasyan A.L., 1996. The Fauna of Snakes of Armenia and Nakhichevan. PhD Thesis authoreferat, Yerevan, 34 pp.

Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov N.L., Khalikov R.G., Darevsky, I.S., Rjabov S.A., Barabanov A.V., 2004. Atlas of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia, "Ivan Fedorov" Print, St. Pererbourg, Russia, 230 pp.

Chernov S.A., 1939. [Herpetological Fauna of Armenian SSR and Nakhichevan ASSR] // Zoological Papers, Vol I, (Transactions of Biological Institure, Vol. III). Edition of Armenian Brunch of The USSR Academy of Scienecs, Erevan, 1939, pp. 77-194. (In Russian)
Darevsky I.S., 1957. The Fauna of Reptiles of Armenia and Its Zoogeographical Analysis. PhD Thesis, Yerevan, 468 pp.
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