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viper

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Also known as the viper family, viperid, viperids, vipers

Vipers are snakes in the family Viperidae, found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, Ireland, and various other isolated islands. All vipers are venomous, and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs that permit deep envenomation of their prey. Three subfamilies are currently recognized. They are also known as viperids. The name "viper" is derived from the Latin word vipera, -ae, also meaning viper, possibly from vivus ("living") and parere ("to beget"), referring to the trait viviparity (giving live birth) common in vipers like most of the

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Viperidae is a family of venomous snakes within the order Squamata and phylum Chordata. This taxon, which falls under the subclass of venomous snakes, has the parent taxa Caenophidia and Colubroidea. The family is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and is the source of snake venom. Common names for this group include hoggormer and huggormar.

The habitat for Viperidae includes brackish and freshwater environments. The taxon status is listed as accepted. Viperidae is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Species

huggormar

Family

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. OrderSquamata
  3. FamilyViperidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Geographic range
  • Venom
  • Behavior
  • Prey tracking
  • Subfamilies
  • Sensory organs
  • Heat-sensing pits
  • Taxonomy
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Vipers are snakes in the family Viperidae, found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, Ireland, and various other isolated islands. All vipers are venomous, and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs that permit deep envenomation of their prey. Three subfamilies are currently recognized. They are also known as viperids. The name "viper" is derived from the Latin word vipera, -ae, also meaning viper, possibly from vivus ("living") and parere ("to beget"), referring to the trait viviparity (giving live birth) common in vipers like most of the species of Boidae. The earliest known vipers are believed to have diverged from the rest of the clade Caenophidia in the early Eocene.

==Description== thumb|226px|A Crotalus|rattlesnake skull, showing the long fangs used to inject venom

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