Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Vipera
There are approximately 147 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
V. (Cerastes) caudalis · V. (Echidna) · V. (Echidna) arietans · V. (Pelias) · V. aegyptiaca · V. albizona (Mountain Viper) · V. ammodytes · V. ammodytes ammodytes · V. ammodytes meridionalis · V. ammodytes montandoni · V. antiqua · V. arietans · V. armata · V. aspis (Asp Viper) · V. aspis aspis · V. aspis atra · V. aspis francisciredi · V. aspoides cheroides · V. atra · V. atropoides · V. avicennae · V. barani (Turkish Viper) · V. berus (Northern Viper) · V. berus berus (Northern Viper) · V. berus bosniensis · V. berus dinniki · V. berus forma brunneomarcata Reuss, 1923 (Oettger) · V. berus forma cherseasplendens Reuss, 1925 · V. berus forma rutila T. Reuss, 1925 · V. berus ornata · V. berus seoanei · V. berus sudetica · V. berus var. ornata Basoglu, 1947 · V. bitis · V. bornmuelleri (Lebanon Viper) · V. buccata · V. bulgardaghica · V. burgenlandica · V. caudalis · V. chersea · V. chloroechis · V. confluenta · V. cornuta · V. coronis · V. coronis ammodytoides · V. coronis asperoides · V. coronis forma flava Reuss, 1927 · V. coronis forma kochi Reuss, 1927 · V. coronis forma zamenoides Reuss, 1927 · V. coronis leopardina · V. coronis nigroides · V. darevskii (Darevsky's Viper) · V. dinnicki · V. dinniki (Dinnikis Kaukasusotter) · V. ebneri · V. erevanensis · V. eriwanensis · V. euphratica · V. flava · V. haje · V. heraldica · V. hexacera · V. hindii · V. hugyi · V. inornata · V. kaznakovi (Caucasian Viper) · V. labetina · V. labetina(cf) · V. latastei (Lataste’s Viper) · V. latastei gaditana · V. latastei latastei · V. latastii · V. latasti monticola · V. latesti · V. latifii (Lar Valley Viper) · V. lebantina obtusa · V. lebentina · V. lebetina euphratica · V. lebetina lebetina · V. lebetina obtusa · V. lebitina · V. lophophrys · V. lotievi · V. macrops · V. madarensis · V. magnifica · V. mauritanica · V. monticola (Mountain Viper) · V. nasicornis · V. nikolski · V. nikolskii (Nikolsky's Viper) · V. obtusa · V. orlovi · V. palaestina · V. palaestinae · V. palestinae · V. peringueyi · V. persica · V. persica fieldi · V. persica persica
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 208973
- IUCN ID: 22989
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963309
