{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Montivipera xanthina.JPG | image_caption = ''Montivipera xanthina'' | taxon = Montivipera | authority = Nilson, Tuniyev, Andrén, Orlov, Joger & Herrmann, 1999 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Montivipera''''' is a genus of vipers<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Montivipera}}.</ref> found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Genus ''Montivipera'' – taxonomy & distribution / RepFocus |url=https://repfocus.dk/Montivipera.html |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=repfocus.dk}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />
==Description== The maximum total length (tail included) of ''Montivipera'' species is {{cvt|78|cm|in}}, though they are generally smaller.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}}
==Species== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Image !Species !Taxon author(s) !Subsp.* !Common name(s) !Geographic range(s) |- |126x126px |''Montivipera albizona'' |<small>Nilson, Andrén & Flärdh, 1990</small> |0 |Central Turkish mountain viper |Central Turkey |- |125x125px |''Montivipera bornmuelleri'' |<small>F. Werner, 1898</small> |0 |Lebanon viper, Bornmueller's viper |Western Asia |- |127x127px |''Montivipera bulgardaghica'' |<small>Nilson & Andrén, 1985</small> |0 |mountain Bulgar viper, Bulgardagh viper |Southern Turkey |- | |''Montivipera kuhrangica'' |<small>Rajabizadeh, Nilson & Kami, 2011</small> |0 |Kuhrag mountain viper |Iran |- |128x128px |''Montivipera latifii'' |<small>Mertens, Darevsky & Klemmer, 1967</small> |0 |Latifi's viper, Iranian valley viper, Lar Valley viper |Iran |- |alt=Armenian viper coiled in a forest|129x129px |''Montivipera raddei'' |<small>Boettger, 1890</small> |1 |rock 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. |- |127x127px |''Montivipera wagneri'' |<small>Nilson & Andrén, 1984</small> |0 |ocellate mountain viper, ocellated mountain viper, Wagner's viper |Eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. |- |126x126px |''Montivipera xanthina'' |<small>Gray, 1849</small> |0 |rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman viper |Northeastern Greece and Turkey |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Not including the nominate subspecies.
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Category:Montivipera Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Nikolai Loutseranovitch Orlov Category:Taxa named by Claes Andrén
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