Orlov's Viper articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: W Caucasus (450-1000 m elevation)
Type locality: Papai Mountain, Krasnodarskii region, Russia

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Vipera orlovi is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Russia.

V. orlovi was described as a species new to science by Boris S. Tuniyev and Sergei V. Ostrovskikh in 2001.^[2]

V. orlovi is found in the Caucasus area of Russia.^[2]

The preferred habitats of V. orlovi are forest, grassland, and shrubland at altitudes of 200–950 m (660–3,120 ft).^[4]

V. orlovi is viviparous.^[2]

^ Tuniyev, B.; Nilson, G.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2017) [errata version of 2009 assessment]. "Bothrocophias myersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164756A5923491.en. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vipera orlovi TUNIYEV & OSTROVSKIKH, 2001 at The Reptile Database.
^ 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 orlovi, p. 196).
^ Tuniyev B, Nilson G, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S (2009). "Vipera orlovi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Vipera orlovi is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Russia.