Land Use and Protection
Slopes of ridges supporting Darevsky's viper is being regularly used by local residents as a pasture for domestic cattle, and mowing. Currently the major part of the habitat of this snake in Armenia is involved in the Lake Arpi National Park.
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“Before the land rose out of the ocean, and became dry land, chaos reigned; and between high and low water mark, where she is partially disrobed and rising, a sort of chaos reigns still, which only anomalous creatures can inhabit.”
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