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Titre :
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Does the Iranian steppe viper, Vipera eriwanensis ebneri Knoepffler & Sochurek, 1955 occur in Azerbaijan – review and evaluation with new records (2025)
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Auteurs :
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Konrad Mebert, Auteur ;
Tavakkul M. Iskenderov, Auteur ;
Gulbaniz H. Gasymova, Auteur ;
Oleksandr Zinenko, Auteur
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Zoology in the Middle East (71(2) April, 2025)
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Article en page(s) :
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152-162
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Mots-clés:
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Southern Steppe Viper
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Talysh Steppe Viper
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Vipera ebneri
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Vipera renardi eriwanensis
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range updates
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xerophytic steppes
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Résumé :
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The distribution of steppe vipers in Azerbaijan remains fragmented and insufficiently known. Here we reconfirm and update old records from the Talysh Mountains’ border region between Azerbaijan and Iran that have been regarded as Iranian steppe viper, originally described as Vipera ursinii ebneri Knoepffler & Sochurek, 1955, having experienced multiple taxonomic changes up to recently as V. eriwanensis ebneri (V. renardi complex). Based on colour pattern and a few meristic data of newly photographed and/or collected steppe vipers in the Talysh Mountains and two mitochondrial genes, we re-evaluate their taxonomic position.
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En ligne :
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https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2025.2495215
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