Darevsky's viper (Vipera darevskii) This photo of the female Darevsky's Viper was taken by me Jul 15, 2003 at the Achkasar Mountain in Armenia
Date 15 June 2003
Author Tigran Tadevosyan
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darevsky%27s_Viper.jpg
Darevsky's viper (Vipera darevskii) is a small venomous viper species endemic to northwestern Armenia, northeastern Turkey, and possibly also adjacent southern Georgia. The specific name, darevskii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Ilya Sergeyevich Darevsky.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera darevskii Vedmederja, Orlov & Tuniyev, 1986[1]