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Viperinae

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Viperinae was named by Oppel (1811). It is extant.

It was reranked as the tribe Viperinae by Perrier (1928).

It was assigned to Crotalidae by Kuhn (1966); and to Viperidae by Oppel (1811), Gadow (1898), Perrier (1928), Kuhn (1946) and Szyndlar (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Viperinae Oppel
1898Viperinae Gadow p. 29
1928Viperinae Perrier p. 3109
1946Viperinae Kuhn p. 62
1966Viperinae Kuhn p. 68
1987Viperinae Szyndlar p. 66

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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
subfamilyViperinae

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.

Subfm. Viperinae Oppel 1811
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G. Bitis Gray 1842 [puff adder]
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Invalid names: Clotho Gray 1842 [synonym]
G. Vipera Laurenti 1768
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Subg. Vipera (Daboia) Gray 1842 [oriental viper]
Subg. †Vipera (Macrovipera) Reuss 1927
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†Macrovipera gedulyi Bolkay 1913
†Vipera (Macrovipera) sarmatica Chkhikvadse and Lungu 1987
Subg. Vipera (Pelias) Merrem 1820
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Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 [common adder]
Subg. Vipera (Vipera) Laurenti 1768
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Vipera (Vipera) ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 [sand viper]
Vipera (Vipera) aspis Linnaeus 1758 [asp viper]
†Vipera (Vipera) meotica Zerova 1992
†Vipera antiqua Szyndlar 1987
†Vipera burgenlandica Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1987
†Vipera gedulyi Bolkay 1913
Vipera latastei Boscà 1878
†Vipera maghrebiana Rage 1976
†Vipera maxima Szyndlar 1988
†Vipera natiensis Bailon et al. 2002
†Vipera platyspondyla Szyndlar 1987
Invalid names: Coluber kargii von Meyer 1845 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Pas de fossette entre l'œil et la narine; maxillaire non excavé à son angle supéro-postérieur.