Macrovipera

Macrovipera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Macrovipera
Species (3): M. lebetina – M. razii – M. schweizeri

Name

• Macrovipera Reuss, 1927: 126

Type species: Coluber lebetinus Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Reuss, T. 1927. Sechs europäische Giftschlangengattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 72: 124–129.

Additional references

• Oraie, H., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Khosravani, A., Moradi, N., Akbari, A., Sehhatisabet, M.E., Shafiei, S., Stümpel, N. & Joger, U. 2018. Molecular and morphological analyses have revealed a new species of blunt-nosed viper of the genus Macrovipera in Iran. Salamandra 54(4): 233–248. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Großvipern