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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Vipera |
| Species: | V. renardi
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| Vipera renardi (Christoph, 1861)
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Etymology edit
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 edit
V. renardi is found in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.[3]
Habitat edit
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 edit
V. renardi is ovoviviparous.[3]
Subspecies edit
Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Vipera renardi bashkirovi Garanin, Pavlov & Bakiev, 2004
- Vipera renardi parursinii Nilson & Andrén, 2001
- Vipera renardi puzanovi Kukuskin, 2009
- Vipera renardi renardi (Christoph, 1861)
- Vipera renardi tienshanica Nilson & Andrén, 2001
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Vipera.
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b c d e Vipera renardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2007.
- ^ 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 edit
- 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).
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