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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Dinnik's Viper, Dinnikis Kaukasusotter
Common Names in German:
Westkaukasische-Kreuzotter, Westkaukasische-Kreuzotter, Dinnikis Kaukasusotter
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
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- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
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- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
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- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
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- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
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- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
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- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
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- Subclass:
Diapsida
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- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
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Unambiguous Synonyms
- Coluber berus dinniki Nikolsky 1916
- Montivipera dinniki — Werning & Wolf 2007
- Pelias chersea Menetries 1882
- Vipera /i> (Pelias) Dinniki — Nilson Et Al. 1999: 103
- Vipera berus dinniki Nikolsky 1913
- Vipera dinniki — Engelmann Et Al 1993
- Vipera dinniki — Mcdiarmid, Campbell & TourÉ 1999: 404
- Vipera dinniki — Welch 1994: 121
- Vipera kaznakovi dinniki Nikolsky 1913
- Vipera kaznakovi Nikolsky 1909
- Vipera kaznakovi orientalis Vedmederja 1984
- Vipera tigrina Tzarewsky 1916
- Vipera ursini kaznakovi Knoepffer & Sochurek 1955
- Vipera ursini renardi Kramer 1916
- Vipera xanthina Dinnik 1902
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Vipera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 147 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
V. (Cerastes) caudalis · V. (Echidna) · V. (Echidna) arietans · V. (Pelias) · V. aegyptiaca · V. albizona (Mountain Viper) · V. ammodytes · V. ammodytes ammodytes · V. ammodytes meridionalis · V. ammodytes montandoni · V. antiqua · V. arietans · V. armata · V. aspis (Asp Viper) · V. aspis aspis · V. aspis atra · V. aspis francisciredi · V. aspoides cheroides · V. atra · V. atropoides · V. avicennae · V. barani (Turkish Viper) · V. berus (Northern Viper) · V. berus berus (Northern Viper) · V. berus bosniensis · V. berus dinniki · V. berus forma brunneomarcata Reuss, 1923 (Oettger) · V. berus forma cherseasplendens Reuss, 1925 · V. berus forma rutila T. Reuss, 1925 · V. berus ornata · V. berus seoanei · V. berus sudetica · V. berus var. ornata Basoglu, 1947 · V. bitis · V. bornmuelleri (Lebanon Viper) · V. buccata · V. bulgardaghica · V. burgenlandica · V. caudalis · V. chersea · V. chloroechis · V. confluenta · V. cornuta · V. coronis · V. coronis ammodytoides · V. coronis asperoides · V. coronis forma flava Reuss, 1927 · V. coronis forma kochi Reuss, 1927 · V. coronis forma zamenoides Reuss, 1927 · V. coronis leopardina · V. coronis nigroides · V. darevskii (Darevsky's Viper) · V. dinnicki · V. dinniki (Dinnikis Kaukasusotter) · V. ebneri · V. erevanensis · V. eriwanensis · V. euphratica · V. flava · V. haje · V. heraldica · V. hexacera · V. hindii · V. hugyi · V. inornata · V. kaznakovi (Caucasian Viper) · V. labetina · V. labetina(cf) · V. latastei (Lataste’s Viper) · V. latastei gaditana · V. latastei latastei · V. latastii · V. latasti monticola · V. latesti · V. latifii (Lar Valley Viper) · V. lebantina obtusa · V. lebentina · V. lebetina euphratica · V. lebetina lebetina · V. lebetina obtusa · V. lebitina · V. lophophrys · V. lotievi · V. macrops · V. madarensis · V. magnifica · V. mauritanica · V. monticola (Mountain Viper) · V. nasicornis · V. nikolski · V. nikolskii (Nikolsky's Viper) · V. obtusa · V. orlovi · V. palaestina · V. palaestinae · V. palestinae · V. peringueyi · V. persica · V. persica fieldi · V. persica persica
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Further Reading
- Engelmann et al. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Mallow et al. (2003) Krieger, Malabar, Florida, 410 pp. [review in HR 35: 200, Reptilia 35: 74]
- McDiarmid et al. (1999) Snake species of the world, v.1.
- McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. The Herpetologists' League. Washington, D.C., USA. xi + 511. ISBN: 1-893777-01-4.
- Nikolsky (1913) Tiflis (Museum caucasicum), 272 pp.
- Nilson et al. (1999) Kaupia (Darmstadt) (8): 103-106
- Orlov et al. (1990) Asiatic Herpetological Research 3: 1-36.
- Schneeweiss (1994) Herpetofauna 16 (89): 06-07
- Shine et al. (1994) Journal of Herpetology 28 (1): 114-117
- Vedmederja et al. (1986) TRUDY ZOOLOGICHESKOGO INSTITUTA AKADEMII NAUK SSSR 157: 55-61
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 6, 2006.
- European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- European Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Vipera dinniki. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2546466
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-32951
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 634992
- IUCN ID: 23001
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 9527
