Taxonomy Profile: Vipera (Laurenti 1768)

Vipera: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Vipera: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Viperidae
Pit Vipers |
Vipers |
Subfamily : Viperinae
Genus : Vipera
Vipera Direct Children(s):
Vipera ammodytes
(Linnaeus 1758)
Vipera aspis
(Linnaeus 1758)
Vipera barani
(Böhme and Joger 1983)
Vipera berus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Vipera darevskii
(Vedmederya Orlov and Tuniyev 1986)
Vipera dinniki
(Nikolsky 1913)
Vipera kaznakovi
(Nikolsky 1909)
Vipera latastei
(Bosca 1878)
Vipera lotievi
(Nilson Tuniyev Orlov Hoggren and Andrén 1995)
Vipera monticola
(Saint Girons 1953)
Vipera pontica
(Billing Nilson and Sattler 1990)
Vipera seoanei
(Lataste 1879)
Vipera ursinii
(Bonaparte 1835)
Vipera eriwanensis
(Reuss 1933)
Vipera renardi
(Christoph 1861)
Vipera transcaucasiana
(Boulenger 1913)
Vipera orlovi
(Tuniyev and Ostrovskikh 2001)
Vipera magnifica
(Tuniyev and Ostrovskikh 2001)
Vipera altaica
(Tuniyev Nilson and Andrén 2010)
Vipera olguni
(Tuniyev Avci Tuniyev A L Agasian and L A Agasian 2012)
Vipera shemakhensis
(Tuniyev Orlov Tuniyev and Kidov 2013)
Vipera anatolica
(Eiselt and Baran 1970)
Vipera walser
(Ghielmi Menegon Marsden Laddaga and Ursenbacher 2016)
Vipera: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Vipera
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Vipera
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Vipera
Vipera: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Vipera: Comments