Montivipera is a genus of vipers. found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Like all other vipers, they are venomous. The genus Montivipera was previously described as a subgenus of the genus Vipera, but it was elevated to full genus status in 2001 by Lenk, Kalayabina, Wink & Joger.
Description The maximum total length (tail included) of Montivipera species is , though they are generally smaller.
Species +ImageSpeciesTaxon author(s)Subsp.*Common name(s)Geographic range(s)Montivipera albizonaNilson, Andrén & Flärdh, 19900Central Turkish mountain viperCentral TurkeyMontivipera bornmuelleriF. Werner, 18980Lebanon viper, Bornmueller's viperWestern AsiaMontivipera bulgardaghicaNilson & Andrén, 19850mountain Bulgar viper, Bulgardagh viperSouthern TurkeyMontivipera kuhrangicaRajabizadeh, Nilson & Kami, 20110Kuhrag mountain viperIranMontivipera latifiiMertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 19670Latifi's viper, Iranian valley viper, Lar Valley viperIranMontivipera raddeiBoettger, 18901rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Kurdistan viper (Vipera raddei kurdistanica), Armenian mountain viper, Armenian viper, Radde's viper, Armenian mountain adder, Zanjhani viper.Eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and likely Iraqi Kurdistan.Montivipera wagneriNilson & Andrén, 19840ocellate mountain viper, ocellated mountain viper, Wagner's viperEastern Turkey and northwestern Iran.Montivipera xanthinaGray, 18490rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman viperNortheastern Greece and Turkey * Not including the nominate subspecies.
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