Vipera renardi is a species of viper, a venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Asia and Eastern Europe. Five subspecies are recognized.

Vipera renardi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species:
V. renardi
Binomial name
Vipera renardi
(Christoph, 1861)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Pelias renardi
    Christoph, 1861
  • Vipera renardi
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Vipera ursinii renardi
    Harding & Welch, 1980
  • Vipera renardi
    — Welch, 1994

Etymology

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The specific name, renardi, is in honor of Russian naturalist Charles Renard[4] (1809—1886), also known as Karl Renard.[3]

The subspecific names, bashkirovi and puzanovi, are in honor of Russian zoologists Ivan Sergeyevich Bashkirov (1900–1980) and Ivan Ivanovich Puzanov (1885–1971), respectively.[3]

Geographic range

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V. renardi is found in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.[3]

Habitat

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The natural habitats of V. renardi are shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 0–2,500 m (0–8,202 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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V. renardi is ovoviviparous.[3]

Subspecies

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Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Vipera.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nilson, Göran; Andrén, Claes; Tuniyev, Boris (2009). "Vipera renardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157268A5066267. Downloaded on 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Vipera renardi, pp. 475-476).
  3. ^ a b c d e Vipera renardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2007.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Vipera renardi, p. 219).

Further reading

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  • Cristoph H (1861). "Pelias renardi mihi ". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturaliste de Moscou 34: 599–606. (Pelias renardi, new species). (in German and Latin).
  • Krecsák L, Tóth T (2005). "Biting among male Steppe Vipers Vipera renardi (Christoph, 1861)". Herpetozoa 18 (3/4): 188–189.
  • Nilson G, Andrén C (2001). "The meadow and steppe vipers of Europe and Asia — the Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii complex". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47: 87-267. (Vipera renardi tienshanica, new subspecies, p. 204; V. r. parursinii, new subspecies, p. 208).