Vipera altaica

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera altaica
Name

Vipera altaica Tuniyev, Nilson & Andrén, 2010

Holotype: GNM [Göteborg Natural History Museum] Re.ex. 6639. Adult female, Leg. Göran Nilson 1997-06-01.

Type locality: Altay, eastern Kazakhstan. 4 km N. Village Chernyaevka, at river Kalgyr (Kalgir), E. Kazakhstan (48°41'59" N, 85°2'24.6" E), 218 - 327 m elevation.
References

Tuniyev, B.; Nilson, G. & Andrén, C. 2010: A new species of viper (Reptilia, Viperidae) from the Altay and Saur Mountains, Kazakhstan. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 17(2): 110–120.