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Viperidae

LC control no.sh 85143723
LC classificationQL666.O69 Zoology
Topical headingViperidae
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Variant(s)Viperids
Vipers
See alsoSnakes
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Squamata
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Found inITIS, Oct. 18, 2000 (Viperidae. Common names: pit vipers, vipers. Suborder Serpentes, Order Squamata)
The EMBL reptile database, via WWW, Oct. 18, 2000 (Family Viperidae (Vipers and Pit Vipers). Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea Caenophidia), Order Squamata; viperids; vipers; pit vipers (subfamily Crotalinae), pitless vipers (subfamilies Viperinae and Azemiopinae))
Web. 3 (viper 1 a: a common European venomous snake (Vipera berus); broadly: any snake of the venomous Old World family Viperidae and sometimes the closely related Crotalidae)
Random House (viper 1) any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera 2) any related snakes belonging to the family Viperidae 3) see pit viper)