On the issue of taxonomical status of steppe viper (Vipera renardi) in Right-bank Ukraine
Journal: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Year: 2011

Data on morphologic variability of the steppe viper in the Kirovograd region (Right-bank Ukraine) are given firstly. Tentative estimation of the similaritylevel of the local population and the populations from the Left-bank Ukraine and the Crimea was carried out using methods of the multivariate statistics. Morphological data in line with the results of mitochondrial DNA analysis show that the population in the Kirovograd region belongs to widespread Eurasian species Vipera renardiand morphologi