title: Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi
text: # Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi
  
  Macrovipera lebetinus cernovi, known as the Chernov blunt-nosed viper, is a viper subspecies endemic to Asia. Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The subspecific name, cernovi, is in honor of Soviet herpetologist Sergius Aleksandrovich Chernov (1903–1964).
  
  ## Description
  
  This subspecies normally has semidivided supraoculars.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  It is found in northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and parts of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  
  