Vipera berus

Vipera berus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: Vipera berus
Subspecies (5): V. b. barani – V. b. berus – V. b. bosniensis – V. b. marasso – V. b. sachalinensis

Name

Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Syntypes:
• Type locality: “Europa”.

Combinations

• Coluber berus Linnaeus, 1758: 217 [original combination]
• Vipera berus — Daudin, 1803: 89 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber chersea Linnaeus, 1758: 218
  • Syntypes:
  • Type locality: “Sveciae”.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vipera berus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 July 2022.
• Munkhbayar, K., Rustamov, A, Orlov, N.L., Jelić, D., Meyer, A., Borczyk, B., Joger, U., Tomović, L., Cheylan, M., Corti, C., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Vogrin, M., Sá-Sousa, P., Pleguezuelos, J., Sterijovski, B., Westerström, A., Schmidt, B., Sindaco, R., Borkin, L., Milto, K. & Nuridjanov, D. 2021. IUCN: Vipera berus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T47756146A743903. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T47756146A743903.en. Accessed on 09 July 2022.

Vernacular names

беларуская (тарашкевіца): Гадзюка звычайная
беларуская: Гадзюка звычайная
български: Усойница
brezhoneg: Naer-wiber Europa
bosanski: Crna šarka
català: Escurçó comú europeu
kaszëbsczi: Cykcakòwatô żnija
čeština: Zmije obecná
Cymraeg: Gwiber
dansk: Hugorm
Deutsch: Kreuzotter
English: Adder
español: Víbora Europea
eesti: Harilik rästik
euskara: Europar sugegorri
suomi: Kyy
føroyskt: Høggormur
français: Vipère péliade
Frysk: Njirre
hrvatski: Riđovka
magyar: Keresztes vipera
italiano: Marasso
日本語: ヨーロッパクサリヘビ
lietuvių: Paprastoji angis
Nederlands: Adder
norsk nynorsk: Hoggorm
norsk: Huggorm
polski: Żmija zygzakowata
português: Víbora-europeia-comum
русский: Обыкновенная гадюка
slovenčina: Vretenica severná
slovenščina: Navadni gad
српски / srpski: Шарка
Seeltersk: Needer
svenska: Huggorm
Türkmençe: Adaty alahöwren
Türkçe: Bayağı engerek
українська: Гадюка звичайна
中文: 极北蝰

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