''Montivipera'' is a
genus of
vipers[.] found in
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Greece,
Iran,
Israel,
Lebanon,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
and
Turkey.
Like all other vipers, they are
venomous.
The Montivipera genus was previously described as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of
Vipera
''Vipera'' (; commonly known as the palaearctic vipersSpawls S, Branch B (1995). ''The Dangerous Snakes of Africa: Natural History, Species Directory, Venoms and Snakebite''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books / Dubai: Oriental Press. 1 ...
, but it was elevated to full genus status in 2001 by Lenk, Kalayabina, Wink & Joger.
Description
generally the maximum length of Montivipera sp. is 78cm, though they are generally smaller.
Species
* Not including the nominate subspecies.
References
Snake genera
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