Critically Endangered
Vipera orlovi
Vipera orlovi
Vipera orlovi is a viper in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Russia.
The viper
This named form is a viper. The public files give taxonomy, a photograph, and a threat category — not a monograph.
Range and habitat
Vipera orlovi is found in the Caucasus area of Russia. The preferred habitats of Vipera orlovi are forest, grassland, and shrubland at altitudes of 200–950 m (660–3,120 ft). The species is endemic to Russia.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Vipera orlovi gives birth to live young.
In crisis
Vipera orlovi is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Vipera orlovi — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3062139. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
