| Vipera nikolskii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Viperinae |
| Genus: | Vipera |
| Species: | V. nikolskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Vipera nikolskii Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986 |
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Vipera nikolskii is a venomous viper species endemic in Ukraine and Southern-West Russia.[1][3] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
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Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.[2]
Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).[1]
Central Ukraine and Southern-West Russia.[1][3] Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.[2] The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda river, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo, near Kharkov.[1] Also, Vipera nikolskii was recently founded in Eastern part of Romania and Basarabia (Moldova, Republic of) by Zinenko et al. (2010).