Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae
Alternative spelling: Pelias
Full reference: B. Merrem. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien
Parent taxon: Vipera according to Z. Szyndlar and G. A. Zerova 1992
See also Gray 1842 and Zerova 1993
Sister taxa: Coluber kargii, Vipera (Daboia), Vipera (Macrovipera), Vipera (Vipera), Vipera antiqua, Vipera burgenlandica, Vipera gedulyi, Vipera latastei, Vipera maghrebiana, Vipera maxima, Vipera natiensis, Vipera platyspondyla
Subtaxa: Vipera (Pelias) berus
Type: Coluber berus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (2), Greece (1), Poland (9), Serbia and Montenegro (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Moldova (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (4)
• MN 13 of Ukraine (2)
• Miocene of Kazakhstan (1), Ukraine (3)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences