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This is a list of all species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as the true vipers, the pitless vipers or the Old World vipers. It follows the taxonomy promulgated by McDiarmid et al. (1999) and ITIS.
- Adenorhinos barbouri, Uzungwe mountain bush viper
- Atheris anisolepis
- Atheris ceratophora, Horned bush viper
- Atheris chlorechis, Western bush viper
- Atheris desaixi, Mount Kenya bush viper
- Atheris hispida, Bristly bush viper
- Atheris katangensis, Katanga mountain bush viper
- Atheris nitschei, Great Lakes bush viper
- Atheris squamigera, Rough-scaled bush viper
- Bitis arietans, Puff adder
- Bitis atropos, Mountain adder
- Bitis caudalis, Horned adder
- Bitis cornuta, Many-horned adder
- Bitis gabonica, Gaboon viper
- Bitis heraldica, Angolan adder
- Bitis inornata, Plain mountain adder
- Bitis nasicornis, Rhinoceros viper
- Bitis parviocula, Ethiopian viper
- Bitis peringueyi, Peringuey's desert adder
- Bitis rubida, Red adder
- Bitis schneideri, Namaqua dwarf adder
- Bitis worthingtoni, Kenyan horned viper
- Bitis xeropaga, Desert mountain adder
- Cerastes cerastes, Saharan horned viper
- Cerastes gasperettii, Arabian horned viper
- Cerastes vipera, Sahara sand viper
- Daboia russelii, Russell's viper
- Echis carinatus, Saw-scaled viper
- Echis coloratus, Painted saw-scaled viper
- Echis hughesi, Hughes' saw-scaled viper
- Echis jogeri, Joger’s saw-scaled viper
- Echis leucogaster, White-bellied saw-scaled viper
- Echis megalocephalus, Cherlin's saw-scaled viper
- Echis ocellatus, West African saw-scaled viper
- Echis pyramidum, Egyptian saw-scaled viper
- Eristicophis macmahonii, McMahon's desert viper
- Macrovipera deserti, Desert viper
- Macrovipera lebetina, Blunt-nosed viper
- Macrovipera mauritanica, Moorish viper
- Macrovipera schweizeri, Milos viper
- Montatheris hindii, Montane viper
- Proatheris superciliaris, Lowland swamp viper
- Pseudocerastes persicus, Persian horned viper
- Vipera albicornuta, Iranian mountain viper
- Vipera albizona, Central Turkish mountain viper
- Vipera ammodytes, Horned viper
- Vipera aspis, Asp viper
- Vipera barani, Baran's adder
- Vipera berus, Common European adder
- Vipera bornmuelleri, Bornmuellers viper
- Vipera bulgardaghica, Bulgardagh viper
- Vipera darevskii, Darevsky’s viper
- Vipera dinniki, Dinnik’s viper
- Vipera kaznakovi, Caucasus viper
- Vipera latastei, Lataste's viper
- Vipera latifii, Latifi's viper
- Vipera lotievi, Caucasian meadow viper
- Vipera monticola, Atlas mountain viper
- Vipera nikolskii, Nikolski’s viper
- Vipera palaestinae, Palestine viper
- Vipera pontica, Pontic adder
- Vipera raddei, Rock viper
- Vipera seoanei, Baskian viper
- Vipera ursinii, Meadow viper
- Vipera wagneri, Ocellated mountain viper
- Vipera xanthina, Rock viper
[edit] References
- McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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