Viperinae

Vipera berus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genera (13): Atheris – Bitis – Causus – Cerastes – Daboia – Echis – Eristicophis – Macrovipera – Montatheris – Montivipera – Proatheris – Pseudocerastes – Vipera

Name

Viperinae Oppel, 1811

References

Primary references

• Oppel, M. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben. Joseph Lindauer: München. XII + 86 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Herrmann, H.-W., Joger, U., Lenk, P. & Wink, M. 1999. Morphological and molecular phylogenies of viperines: conflicting evidence? Kaupia 8: 21–30. Reference page. 
• Lenk, P., Kalyabina, S., Wink, M. & Joger, U. 2001. Evolutionary relationships among the true vipers (Viperinae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19(1): 94–104. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0912 Reference page. 
• Wüster, W., Peppin, L., Pook, C.E. & Walker, D.E. 2008. A nesting of vipers: phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Viperidae (Squamata: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(2): 445–459. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.019 Reference page. 
• Šmíd, J. & Tolley, K.A. 2019. Calibrating the tree of vipers under the fossilized birth-death model. Scientific Reports 9: 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41290-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Viperinae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 May 2022.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Echte Vipern
• English: Pitless Vipers
• español: Víboras
• polski: Żmije właściwe
• русский: Гадюковые
• svenska: Egentliga hugorrmar
• ไทย: วงศ์ย่อยงูแมวเซา
• Türkçe: Engerekler

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