Macrovipera lebetina cernovi

Macrovipera lebetina cernovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Serpentes;
Family:	Viperidae;
Subfamily:	Viperinae;
Genus:	Macrovipera;
Species:	M. lebetina;
Subspecies:	M. l. cernovi;
Trinomial name
	Macrovipera lebetina cernovi; (Chikin & Szczerbak, 1992)
Synonyms
	Vipera lebetina cernovi - Chikin & Szczerbak, 1992; Macrovipera lebetina cernovi - McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999;

Common names: (none).

Macrovipera lebetina cernovi is a venomous viper subspecies^[2] found in Iran, Turkmenistan Afghanistan.

Description

This subspecies normally has semidivided supraoculars.^[3]

Northeast Iran, southern Turkmenistan parts of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[3]

↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
↑ Macrovipera lebetina cernovi (TSN 635247). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 10 August 2006.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.