Montivipera is a genus of vipers[1] found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.[2] Like all other vipers, they are venomous.
The Montivipera genus was previously described as a subgenus of Vipera, but it was elevated to full genus status in 2001 by Lenk, Kalayabina, Wink & Joger.
generally the maximum length of Montivipera sp. is 78cm, though they are generally smaller.
| Montivipera albizona | Nilson, Andrén, and Flärdh, 1990 | 0 | Central Turkish mountain viper | Central Turkey | ||
| Montivipera bornmuelleri | Werner, 1898 | 0 | Lebanon viper, Bornmueller's viper | Western Asia | ||
| Montivipera bulgardaghica | Nilson & Andrén, 1985 | 0 | Mountain Bulgar viper, Bulgardagh viper | Southern Turkey | ||
| Montivipera kuhrangica | Rajabizadeh, Nilson, & Kami, 2011 | 0 | Kuhrag mountain viper | Iran | ||
| Montivipera latifii | Mertens, Darevsky, & Klemmer, 1967 | 0 | Latifi's viper, Iranian valley viper, Lar Valley viper | Iran | ||
| Montivipera raddei | Boettger, 1890 | 1 | Rock viper, Radde's mountain viper, Kurdistan viper (Vipera raddei kurdistanica), Armenian mountain viper, Armenian viper, Radde's viper, Armenian mountain adder and Zanjhani viper. | Eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and likely Iraqi Kurdistan. | ||
| Montivipera wagneri | Nilson & Andrén, 1984 | 0 | Ocellate mountain viper, ocellated mountain viper, and Wagner's viper | Eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. | ||
| Montivipera xanthina | Gray, 1849 | 0 | Rock viper, coastal viper and Ottoman viper | Northeastern Greece and Turkey |