• Source: Vipera renardi

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.




Etymology


The specific name, renardi, is in honor of Russian naturalist Charles Renard (1809—1886), also known as Karl Renard.
The subspecific names, bashkirovi and puzanovi, are in honor of Russian zoologists Ivan Sergeyevich Bashkirov (1900–1980) and Ivan Ivanovich Puzanov (1885–1971), respectively.




Geographic range


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




Habitat


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




Reproduction


V. renardi is ovoviviparous.




Subspecies


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






Further reading


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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