True Vipers
Viperinae
Viperinae, or viperines, are a subfamily of vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa. They are distinguished by their lack of the heat-sensing pit organs that characterize their sister group, the subfamily Crotalinae. Currently, 13 genera are recognized. Most are tropical and subtropical, although one species, Vipera berus, even occurs within the Arctic Circle. Like all vipers, they are venomous.
The common names "pitless vipers", "true vipers", "Old World vipers", and "true adders" all refer to this group.
13 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 96 known species
Eurasian Vipers
genusVipera
Puff Adders
genusBitis
Saw-scaled Vipers
genusEchis
Daboia
genusDaboia
Night Adders
genusCausus
Horned Vipers
genusCerastes
Large Palearctic Vipers
genusMacrovipera
Bush Vipers
genusAtheris
Montivipera
genusMontivipera
false-horned vipers
genusPseudocerastes
Kenya Montane Vipers
genusMontatheris
Lowland Swamp Vipers
genusProatheris
McMahon's Desert Vipers
genusEristicophis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 797529.