Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi, known as the Chernov blunt-nosed viper, is a viper subspecies[2] endemic to Asia. Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Macrovipera |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | M. l. cernovi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi (Chikin & Szczerbak, 1992)
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Etymology edit
The subspecific name, cernovi, is in honor of Soviet herpetologist Sergius Aleksandrovich Chernov (1903–1964).
Description edit
This subspecies normally has semidivided supraoculars.[3]
Geographic range edit
It is found in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and parts of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.[3]
References edit
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Macrovipera lebetina cernovi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 August 2006.
- ^ a b Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
Further reading edit
- Chikin Y, Szczerbak NN. 1992. [New subspecies of blunt-nosed viper, Vipera lebetina cernovi, ssp. nov. (Reptilia, Viperidae) from Middle Asia]. Vestn. Zool. (6): 45–49. (in Russian with English Summary).
External links edit
- Macrovipera lebetinus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 August 2007.
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