Viperidae (-arum, m.pl. ) sunt familia Serpentium venenatarum, toto in orbe terrarum endemica , Antarctica , Australia , Hibernia , Nova Zelandia , Madagascaria , Havaiis , variis aliis insulis remotis et locis supra Circulum Arcticum exceptis. Viperidarum species praeditae sunt duobus dentibus veneniferis longioribus quam ceteri et reclinabilibus (unde alterum familiae nomen, Solenoglypha ), ad venenum infundendum. Habitus typicus huius familiae, quem quisquis agnoscere potest, est corpus latius quam longum cum capite triangulo et cauda brevissima. Non modo Viperae similiaque genera circum mare Mediterraneum viventia, sed etiam crotalophori Americani sunt Viperidae.
Vipera aspis
Synonyma
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Viperae —Laurenti,
1768
Viperidae Oppel , 1811
Cladus sine nomine
species Azemiops feae Boulenger , 1888
subfamilia Crotalinae Oppel , 1811 (viperidae fossis thermoscopiis)
Cladus sine nomine
genus Hypnale
species Calloselasma rhodostoma Boie , 1827
Cladus sine nomine
species Deinagkistrodon acutus Guntherus , 1888
genus Garthius
genus Tropidolaemus
cladus sine nomine
cladus sine nomine
genus Trimeresurus
cladus sine nomine
cladus sine nomine
genus Himalayophis
genus Popeia
cladus sine nomine
genus Parias
cladus sine nomine
genus Viridovipera
genus Cryptelytrops
cladus sine nomine
cladus sine nomine
genus Gloydius
cladus sine nomine
genus Ovophis (* )
species Trimeresurus gracilis
cladus sine nomine
genus Ovophis (* )
genus Triceratolepidophis
genus Zhaoermia
genus Protobothrops
cladus sine nomine
cladus sine nomine
cladus sine nomine
genus Atropoides *
cladus sine nomine
genus Cerrophidion
genus Porthidium
cladus sine nomine
genus Bothrocophias
genus Bothrops
cladus sine nomine
tribus Lachesini
genus Bothriechis
tribus "Crotalini"
Cladus sine nomine
genus Causus
subfamilia Viperinae Oppel , 1811
tribus Atherini
species Adenorhinos barbouri Loveridge, 1930
genus Atheris
species montatheris Hindii Boulenger , 1910
species Proatheris superciliaris Petrus, 1855
genus Bitis
genus Cerastes
genus Pseudocerastes
genus Echis
species Eristicophis macmahoni Alcock & Finn, 1897
tribus "Viperini"
R. W. McDiarmid, J. A. Campbell, T. Touré. 1999 . Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).