Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Class Reptilia > Order Squamata > Suborder Serpentes > Superfamily Colubroidea > Family Viperidae > Genus Vipera

Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Coluber Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ViperaLaurenti, 1768accepted genus name

Species group names

Coluber berus Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: nëpërka e malit; nëpërka me njolla e malit sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Danish: Hugorm sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Adder sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Adder sources: Charles Hussey
 German: Kreuzotter sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Αστρίτης sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: paprastoji angis sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: hoggorm
 Norwegian Nynorsk: hoggorm
 Romanian: Viperă sources: Romania PESI focal point
 Russian: гадюка обыкновенная; обыкновенная гадюка sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: gad sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Víbora común europea sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: huggorm
 Turkish: Baran engeregi; Bayağı engerek sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Гадюка звичайна sources: Ukraine PESI focal point
 Welsh: gwiber

Genbank

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External Links

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Citation

Dr. Patrick David. Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=214764

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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Last modified

2004-05-10 by Prof. Alain Dubois & by Dr. Patrick David

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