Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica Chkhikvadse and Lungu 1987 (pit viper)

Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae

Alternative combination: Vipera (Daboia) sarmatica

Belongs to Vipera (Macrovipera) according to G. A. Zerova 1993

See also Zerova 1992

Sister taxa: Macrovipera gedulyi, Vipera (Macrovipera) ukrainica

Type specimen: TGPI 18/72-1, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Kalfa, which is in a MN 10 coastal sandstone in Moldova.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kalfa

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