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List of viperine species and subspecies
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This is a list of all species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as the true vipers, the pitless vipers or the Old World vipers. It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999)[1] and ITIS.[2]
- Adenorhinos barbouri, Uzungwe mountain bush viper
- Atheris anisolepis
- Atheris ceratophora, Horned bush viper
- Atheris chlorechis, Western bush viper
- Atheris desaixi, Mount Kenya bush viper
- Atheris hispida, Bristly bush viper
- Atheris katangensis, Katanga mountain bush viper
- Atheris nitschei, Great Lakes bush viper
- Atheris nitschei nitschei, Great Lakes bush viper
- Atheris nitschei rungweensis, Rungwe bush viper
- Atheris squamigera, Rough-scaled bush viper
- Bitis arietans, Puff adder
- Bitis arietans arietans, Puff adder
- Bitis arietans somalica, Somali puff adder
- Bitis atropos, Mountain adder
- Bitis caudalis, Horned adder
- Bitis cornuta, Many-horned adder
- Bitis cornuta albanica, Albany adder
- Bitis cornuta cornuta, Many-horned adder
- Bitis gabonica, Gaboon viper
- Bitis gabonica gabonica, East African gaboon viper
- Bitis gabonica rhinoceros, West African gaboon viper
- Bitis heraldica, Angolan adder
- Bitis inornata, Plain mountain adder
- Bitis nasicornis, Rhinoceros viper
- Bitis parviocula, Ethiopian viper
- Bitis peringueyi, Peringuey's desert adder
- Bitis rubida, Red adder
- Bitis schneideri, Namaqua dwarf adder
- Bitis worthingtoni, Kenyan horned viper
- Bitis xeropaga, Desert mountain adder
- Cerastes cerastes, Saharan horned viper
- Cerastes gasperettii, Arabian horned viper
- Cerastes vipera, Sahara sand viper
- Daboia russelii, Russell's viper
- Daboia russelii russelii, Indian Russell's viper
- Daboia russelii siamensis, Eastern Russell's viper
- Echis carinatus, Saw-scaled viper
- Echis carinatus astolae, Astola saw-scaled viper
- Echis carinatus carinatus, Saw-scaled viper
- Echis carinatus multisquamatus, Central Asian saw-scaled viper
- Echis carinatus sinhaleyus, Sri Lankan saw-scaled viper
- Echis carinatus sochureki, Sochurek's saw-scaled viper
- Echis coloratus, Painted saw-scaled viper
- Echis hughesi, Hughes' saw-scaled viper
- Echis jogeri, Joger’s saw-scaled viper
- Echis leucogaster, White-bellied saw-scaled viper
- Echis megalocephalus, Cherlin's saw-scaled viper
- Echis ocellatus, West African saw-scaled viper
- Echis pyramidum, Egyptian saw-scaled viper
- Echis pyramidum aliaborri, Red carpet viper
- Echis pyramidum leakeyi, Kenyan carpet viper
- Echis pyramidum pyramidum, Egyptian saw-scaled viper
- Eristicophis macmahonii, McMahon's desert viper
- Macrovipera deserti, Desert viper
- Macrovipera lebetina, Blunt-nosed viper
- Macrovipera lebetina cernovi
- Macrovipera lebetina lebetina, Blunt-nosed viper
- Macrovipera lebetina obtusa, West-Asian blunt-nosed viper
- Macrovipera lebetina transmediterranea
- Macrovipera lebetina turanica
- Macrovipera mauritanica, Moorish viper
- Macrovipera schweizeri, Milos viper
- Montatheris hindii, Montane viper
- Proatheris superciliaris, Lowland swamp viper
- Pseudocerastes persicus, Persian horned viper
- Pseudocerastes persicus fieldi, Field's horned viper
- Vipera albicornuta, Iranian mountain viper
- Vipera albizona, Central Turkish mountain viper
- Vipera ammodytes, Sand viper
- Vipera ammodytes ammodytes, Western sand viper
- Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri
- Vipera ammodytes meridionalis, Eastern sand viper
- Vipera ammodytes montandoni, Transdanubian sand viper
- Vipera ammodytes transcaucasiana, Transcaucasian sand viper
- Vipera aspis, Asp viper
- Vipera aspis aspis, Asp viper
- Vipera aspis atra
- Vipera aspis francisciredi
- Vipera aspis hugyi, South-Italian asp viper
- Vipera aspis zinnikeri, Gascony asp viper
- Vipera barani, Baran's adder
- Vipera berus, Common European adder
- Vipera berus berus, Common European adder
- Vipera berus bosniensis, Balkan cross adder
- Vipera berus sachalinensis
- Vipera bornmuelleri, Bornmuellers viper
- Vipera bulgardaghica, Bulgardagh viper
- Vipera darevskii, Darevsky’s viper
- Vipera dinniki, Dinnik’s viper
- Vipera kaznakovi, Caucasus viper
- Vipera latastei, Lataste's viper
- Vipera latastei gaditana
- Vipera latastei latastei, Lataste's viper
- Vipera latifii, Latifi's viper
- Vipera lotievi, Caucasian meadow viper
- Vipera monticola, Atlas mountain viper
- Vipera nikolskii, Nikolski’s viper
- Vipera palaestinae, Palestine viper
- Vipera pontica, Pontic adder
- Vipera raddei, Rock viper
- Vipera seoanei, Baskian viper
- Vipera seoanei cantabrica
- Vipera seoanei seoanei, Baskian viper
- Vipera ursinii, Meadow viper
- Vipera wagneri, Ocellated mountain viper
- Vipera xanthina, Rock viper
Cited references
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ Viperinae (TSN 563898) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 23 March 2007.
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