Vipera (Montivipera) raddei raddei Boettger, 1890

 

 

Radde's rock viper

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Similar species: Hemorrhois ravergieri, Telescopus fallax iberus, Natrix tessellata, Eryx jaculus, Zamenis hohenackeri

Distribution in Armenia

Altitudes: (1300)1600-2500 (2700)

Administrative regions:

Araks basin: S-Shirak, Aragatsotn, Kotayk, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik.

Habitats: Rocklands covered by shybliak or woody vegetation, ruins.

Global distribution:

Atropatan province

Countries:

Asia: C-S Armenia, W-Azerbaijan, (Nakhichevan), N-E & E Turkey,N-W&W Iran.

Food: small Mammals, birds, reptiles, arthropods,

Enemies:birds, man.

Parasites:

Known trend: not abjective data is available (presumably threatened)

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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