Skip to main content

    Species Accepted

    Vipera orlovi Tuniyev & Ostrovskikh, 2001

    Orlov's Viper
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Vipera
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      View all

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Gadyuka Orlova Russian
      Orlov's Viper English
      Orlovs Kaukasusotter German
      Orlovs Viper German
      Vipera di Orlov Italian
      zmije Orlovova Czech
      Гадюка Орлова Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      18 results
      TUNIYEV, B. S. & S. V. OSTROVSKIKH. (2001). Two new species of vipers of “kaznakovi” complex (Ophidia, Viperidae) from western Caucasus. Russ. J. Herpetol. 8 (2): 117-126.
      Schweiger, M. (2009). Die Giftschlangen Europas. Eine Übersicht der Arten und Bemerkungen zu einzelnen Taxa. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (76): 14-25.
      Tuniyev, B.S.; N.L. Orlov, N.B. Ananjeva and A.L. Aghasyan. (2019). Snakes of the Caucasus: taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation. St. Petersburg, Moscow. KMK Scientific Press. 2019. 276 Pp.
      Joger, U., & Oleksandr Zinenko. (2021). Is Vipera orlovi a Distinct Hybrid Species? Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (1): 60-66.
      Cundall, D. (2009). Viper Fangs: Functional Limitations of Extreme Teeth. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Ecological and Evolutionary Approaches, 82(1), 63–79.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Ananjeva, NB, Orlov NL; Khalikov RG; Darevsky IS; Ryabov IS & Barabanov AV. (2006). The Reptiles of North Eurasia. Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status [this comprises the territory of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia]. Pensoft Series Faunistica 47, 250 Pp.
      Mallow, D. Ludwig, D. & Nilson, G. (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger, Malabar, Florida, 410 Pp. [Review in HR 35: 200, Reptilia 35: 74].
      Dunaev, E. A., & Orlova, V. F. (2017). Amphibians and reptiles of Russia. Atlas and determination. 2nd. ed. Moscow: Phyton XXI, 328 P.
      Phelps, T. (2010). Old World Vipers. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 558 Pp. [Critical Review in Sauria 33 (3): 19 and HR 43: 503].

      Citation

      Vipera orlovi Tuniyev & Ostrovskikh, 2001 in undefined