Adder
Vipera berus
Vipera berus, the common European adder or common European viper, is a venomous snake that is extremely widespread and can be found throughout most of Western Europe and as far as East Asia. The species is also the only venomous snake native to Great Britain.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.164
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.253
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.442
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.119
Museum of the Royal Society
Nehemiah Grew · 1681 · p.462
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.281
Herbarius
1485 · p.254
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.29
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.251
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.254
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.376
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.376
In the stacks
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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 966698.