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Steppe Viper

Vipera renardi

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Russia.January 1, February 0, March 12, April 106, May 92, June 43, July 39, August 26, September 27, October 22, November 4, December 0.
Russia372
United States294
Alaska294
Ukraine223
Zaporizhia Oblast138
Volgograd Oblast67
Kursk Oblast49
Chelyabinsk Oblast47
Dagestan35
Rostov Oblast29

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Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyVipers · Viperidae
GenusEurasian Vipers · Vipera

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