Vipera sakoi information

Vipera sakoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Vipera
Species:	V. sakoi
Binomial name
	Vipera sakoi; Tuniyev et al., 2018

Vipera sakoi, also known as Sako's viper, is a possible species of viper found in Turkey.^[1] These names are in honour of the son, friend and colleague of Tuniyev et al., Sako Tuniyev, who studied shield-headed snakes and passed away three years prior to the official description of the snake.^[2] The status of V. sakoi is uncertain as, while it is 4-5% genetically distinct from Vipera darevskii, their isolation from each other is uncertain. It is possible V. sakoi is a part of V. darevskii.^[3]

^ Tuniyev, B.S.; Avcı, A.; Ilgaz, ç.; Olgun, K.; Petrova, T.V.; Bodrov, S.Yu.; Geniez, P.; Teynié, A. (2018-03-23). "On taxonomic status of shiled-head vipers from Turkish Lesser Caucasus and East Anatolia". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS (in Russian). 322 (1): 3–44. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2018.322.1.3. ISSN 0206-0477.
^ "Vipera sakoi". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
^ Freitas, Inês; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Mebert, Konrad; Zinenko, Oleksandr; Schweiger, Silke; Wüster, Wolfgang; Brito, José C.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka; Halpern, Bálint; Fahd, Soumia; Santos, Xavier; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Joger, Ulrich; Orlov, Nikolay; Mizsei, Edvárd (2020-06-30). "Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae)". Amphibia-Reptilia. 41 (3): 285–311. doi:10.1163/15685381-bja10007. hdl:10261/237408. ISSN 0173-5373.

[:0-1] Tuniyev, B.S.; Avcı, A.; Ilgaz, ç.; Olgun, K.; Petrova, T.V.; Bodrov, S.Yu.; Geniez, P.; Teynié, A. (2018-03-23). "On taxonomic status of shiled-head vipers from Turkish Lesser Caucasus and East Anatolia". Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS (in Russian). 322 (1): 3–44. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2018.322.1.3. ISSN 0206-0477.

[:1-2] "Vipera sakoi". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

[3] Freitas, Inês; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Mebert, Konrad; Zinenko, Oleksandr; Schweiger, Silke; Wüster, Wolfgang; Brito, José C.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka; Halpern, Bálint; Fahd, Soumia; Santos, Xavier; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Joger, Ulrich; Orlov, Nikolay; Mizsei, Edvárd (2020-06-30). "Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae)". Amphibia-Reptilia. 41 (3): 285–311. doi:10.1163/15685381-bja10007. hdl:10261/237408. ISSN 0173-5373.