Mount Bulgar viper

The Mount Bulgar viper, also called the Bulgardagh viper is a viper species endemic to the mountains of southern Turkey. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Description

It grows to a maximum total length of about.

Geographic range

It is found in the Bulgar Dagh mountains, Nigde Province, south central Anatolia, Turkey. It is a rarely seen animal.
The type locality given is "Cilician Taurus province Nigde", south central Anatolia, Turkey.

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
It is also listed as a protected species under the Berne Convention.

Taxonomy

This species was considered by Golay et al. to be a subspecies of M. xanthina, and was subsequently moved to the genus Montivipera by Nilson et al., who considered it to be a synonym of Montivipera xanthina.