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Hello all!
Recently a new subspecies of Eastern Steppe Viper - Vipera renardi bashkirovi - was described by Garanin, Pavlov & Bakiev In Bakiev et al. from Spassky Archipelago, Kuybyshev Reservoir (Vodokhranilische), south-western Tatarstan. According to the description this form distinguish from others by following characters: total length up to 710 mm; ventrals 120-154; subcaudals 22-35; 19-21 scales around midbody.
BAKIEV, A. G., GARANIN, V. I., LITVINOV, N. A., PAVLOV, A. V. & RATNIKOV, V. Y. (2004): Snakes of Volzhsko-Kamskij Region. Samara, Samara Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences Publishing, 192 p. (in Russian)
Sincerely yours,
Andrei Barabanov
ZISP
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