Viperinae

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
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. & Hallermann, J. 2023. 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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