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Vipera (Pelias) berus (common adder)

Osteichthyes - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Coluber berus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Pelias.

It was recombined as Vipera berus by Daudin (1803); it was recombined as Pelias berus by Merrem (1820), Gray (1842); it was recombined as Vipera (Pelias) berus by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992), Zerova (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. aegertica, V. latasti, V. ursinii, V. kuchurganica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Coluber berus Linnaeus p. 217
1803Vipera berus Daudin p. 89
1820Pelias berus Merrem p. 148
1842Pelias berus Gray p. 71
1992Vipera (Pelias) berus Szyndlar and Zerova p. 94
1993Vipera (Pelias) berus Zerova p. 277

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

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.

Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 [common adder]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Vipera berus (48446)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Vipera berus (136066)
MN 14 - MN 155.09 - 3.55Poland Vipera berus (33873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) Vipera berus (224542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Poland Vipera berus (33480)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Vipera berus (45065 45072)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) Vipera berus (206229)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Poland Vipera berus (33874 34192 48552 195226)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Poland (Krakow) Vipera berus (48543)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Vipera berus (32485)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Vipera berus (195119)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Vipera berus (200082)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Pelias berus, Vipera berus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Vipera berus (195199)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Poland (Krakow) Vipera berus (33977)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Vipera berus (33976)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Serbia Vipera berus (191943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Vipera berus (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Vipera berus (93816)