. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 6, p. 6 Asiatic Herpetological Research June 1995. FIG. 3. The "kaznakovi" morph of Vipera dinniki, from Fisht/Oshten ( - Armenian pass). A. "dinniki": a more or less continuous zig-zag band, and pronounced lateral blotches. Sometimes nebulous in pattern. Sometimes rather Vipera berus like (Figs. 1,2). B. "kaznakovi": pronounced black lateral and dorsal longitudinal bands, and yellow or orange ground color. The dorsal band is waving or expressed as a stra
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 6, p. 6 Asiatic Herpetological Research June 1995. FIG. 3. The "kaznakovi" morph of Vipera dinniki, from Fisht/Oshten ( - Armenian pass). A. "dinniki": a more or less continuous zig-zag band, and pronounced lateral blotches. Sometimes nebulous in pattern. Sometimes rather Vipera berus like (Figs. 1,2). B. "kaznakovi": pronounced black lateral and dorsal longitudinal bands, and yellow or orange ground color. The dorsal band is waving or expressed as a straight band resulting in a contrasting more or less bilineated pattern. Besides these we could define a "bilineated" morph which is similar to the "kaznakovi" type of pattern but much lighter. In the analysis below it is included in the "kaznakovi" type (Fig. 3, compare Fig. 4). C. "ursinii": a black-edged continuous dark brown zig-zag band on a paler ground color and lighter sides of body (Fig. 5, Plate la). D. "tigrina": dorsal pattern fragmented into broad or narrow transverse bands. Also spotted pattern could be seen in some populations. This pattern type is most close to "tigrina", but differ by being divided along the vertebral line thus resulting in two rows of dark spots along the dorsal side of the body (Fig. 6, Plate lb). E. "bronze": a uniform greyish to brownish or blackish ground color covering all parts of body except the head. Sometimes with a darker narrow or broad vertebral stripe (Figs. 7, 8, Plate lc). F. "melanism": black, with a high production of melanin covering all other color patterns. The different morphs were represented in different frequencies at the different localities examined, and some morphs seemed to be restricted to one or a few. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration an
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