Macrovipera lebetina obtusa
Macrovipera lebetina obtusa is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to Asia, from central Turkey to northern Pakistan.Description
It can be distinguished from other subspecies of M. lebetina by its higher scale counts — usually 170-175 ventrals, and 25 rows of dorsal scales at midbody — and relatively dark color pattern.It is found from central Turkey through Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, northern Jordan, the Caucasus region, Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Iran, southern Afghanistan, Pakistan and the. In Pakistan, according to :fr:Muhammad Sharif Khan|Khan, M. lebetina is restricted to the western highlands; it is allopatric with Daboia russelii, which occurs in the Indus River valley.
