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Viper



         


Adenorhinos
Atheris
Azemiops
Bitis
Cerastes
Daboia
Echis
Eristicophis
Macrovipera
Montatheris
Proatheris
Pseudocerastes
Vipera

</table> Vipers are venomous snakes belonging to the Viperidae family (consisting of roughly 150 species). They are characterised by long erectile fangs, which are folded back when not in use. They also have triangle-shaped heads with a distinctly narrower neck. The broad areas of the head house the venom glands. Their eyes have irises like those of a cat—but if you are close enough to see that, you're probably too close! Being 0.3–3 m long, vipers feed on small animals, which are injected with venom and then followed until they die.
Common name Scientific name Geographic range
Bush Viper Atheris squamiger Angola, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya
Carpet Viper Echis coloratus Africa, Asia
Cyclades Blunt-Nosed Viper Vipera lebetina schweizeri Greece
Crossed Viper Vipera berus berus British Isles, Europe, Russia, China, Spain
European Asp Vipera aspis aspis Austria, Germany, Italy, France
Fea's Viper Azemiops feae Burma, SE Tibet, China
Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica gabonica Most areas of Africa
Horned Desert Viper Cerastes cerastes cerastes Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq
Leaf-Nosed Viper Eristocophis macmaboni Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Long-Nosed Viper Vipera ammodytes ammodytes Hungary, Austria, Italy, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia
Palestinian Viper Vipera palaestinae Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan
Rhinoceros Viper Bitis nasicornis Kenya, Uganda, Angola, Zaire
Rough-Scaled Tree Viper Atheris bispidus Kenya, Uganda, Zaire
Russell's Viper Vipera russellii russellii Pakistan, India
Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus leakeyi Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia


See also: Adder, Pit Viper, Saharan Horned Viper

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For the Dodge automobile called Viper, see Dodge Viper. For the Hentai video game series, see Viper Hyper Animation series







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