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Vipera (Daboia) (oriental viper)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Daboia was named by Gray (1842). It is extant.

It was reranked as Vipera (Daboia) by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992) and Zerova (1992).

It was assigned to Viperidae by Gray (1842); to Vipera by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992) and Zerova (1992); and to Viperinae by Uetz (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Daboia Gray p. 69 fig. xx
1992Vipera (Daboia) Szyndlar and Zerova p. 94
1992Vipera (Daboia) Zerova p. 236
2005Daboia Uetz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
subfamilyViperinae
genusVipera
subgenusDaboia()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Vipera (Daboia) Gray 1842 [oriental viper]
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Vipera (Daboia) gedulyi Bolkay 1913
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Gray 1842"Eyes convex, pupil round; head elongate; scales regularly keeled; nasal shield smooth in front."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan (East Kasakhstan) Vipera sp. (167805)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Daboia sp. (56738)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Georgia Daboia sp. (56736)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Hungary (Central Transdanubia) Vipera gedulyi (69917)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Armenia Daboia xanthina (56729)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine Vipera kuchurganica (50913)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Catalonia) Vipera sp. (68413)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Daboia raddei (56733)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Daboia lebetina (56732)