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Vipera ( / ˈvɪpərə /; commonly known as the palaearctic vipers [2] and Eurasian vipers [3]) is a genus of vipers. It has a very wide range, being found from North Africa to just within the Arctic Circle and from Great Britain to Pacific Asia. [3] The Latin name vīpera is possibly derived from the Latin words vivus and pario, meaning "alive ...
Vipera aspis — Golay et al., 1993. Vipera aspis is a viper species found in southwestern Europe. Its common names include asp, asp viper, [5] European asp, [6] and aspic viper, [7] among others. Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
Cerastes cerastes — Y. Werner, Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991. Cerastes cerastes, commonly known as the Saharan horned viper [4] or the desert horned viper, [5] is a venomous species of viper native to the deserts of Northern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Levant.
Bitis nasicornis — Boulenger, 1896. Bitis nasicornis is a viper species belonging to the genus Bitis, part of a subfamily known as "puff-adders", [3] found in the forests of West and Central Africa. [1] [2] [4] This large viper is known for its striking coloration and prominent nasal "horns". [5] No subspecies are currently recognized.
Adder. Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder [3] and the common European viper, [4] is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is extremely widespread and can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia. [2] There are three recognised subspecies .
Binomial name. Pseudocerastes urarachnoides. Bostanchi, S. Anderson, Kami & Papenfuss, 2006. The spider-tailed horned viper ( Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) is a species of viper, a venomous snake, in the family Viperidae and genus Pseudocerastes. The genus is commonly known as "false-horned vipers".
Trimeresurus albolabris, the white-lipped pit viper or white-lipped tree viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Southeast Asia. Taxonomy [ edit ] Giannasi et al. (2001) raised insularis and septentrionalis to species level.
Viperinae, or viperines, are a subfamily of vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa. They are distinguished by their lack of the heat-sensing pit organs that characterize their sister group, the subfamily Crotalinae. Currently, 13 genera are recognized. [2] Most are tropical and subtropical, although one species, Vipera berus, even occurs ...