Taxonomy Profile: Viperinae (Oppel 1811)

Viperinae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Viperinae: 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
Viperinae Direct Children(s):
Vipera
(Laurenti 1768)
Atheris
(Cope 1862)
Cerastes
(Laurenti 1768)
Daboia
(Gray 1842)
Echis
(Merrem 1820)
Eristicophis
(Alcock and Finn 1897)
Macrovipera
(Reuss 1927)
Montatheris
(Broadley 1996)
Proatheris
(Broadley 1996)
Pseudocerastes
(Boulenger 1896)
Garthius
(Malhotra and Thorpe 2004)
Montivipera
(Nilson Tuniyev Andrén Orlov Joger and Herrmann 1999)
Viperinae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Viperinae
Source(s):
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:
Viperinae
Viperinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Viperinae: Comments