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Vipera (; commonly known as the palaearctic vipers and Eurasian vipers) is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The genus has a very wide range, being found from North Africa to just within the Arctic Circle, and from Great Britain to Pacific Asia. The Latin name vīpera is possibly derived from the Latin words vivus and pario, meaning "alive" and "bear" or "bring forth"; likely a reference to the fact that most vipers bear live young. 21 species are recognized as being valid. Like all other vipers, the members of this genus are venomous.
Species
蝰屬（學名：Vipera）是蛇亞目蝰蛇科蝰亞科下的一個有毒蛇屬，其分布範圍相當廣泛，既出沒於北非，亦有品種分布於北極圈、英國與及亞洲。其學名「Vipera」來源於拉丁語中的「Vivus」及「Pario」，意指「活體」、「生產」，似乎針對大部份蝰蛇胎生的特性。目前共有23個品種已被確認。
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Research
6,578 papers- Vipers of the Middle East: A Rich Source of Bioactive Molecules.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
- Indian green pit vipers: A lesser-known snake group of north-east India.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2024
- Vipers of Major clinical relevance in Europe: Taxonomy, venom composition, toxicology and clinical management of human bites.Toxicology · 2021
- Old World Vipers-A Review about Snake Venom Proteomics of Viperinae and Their Variations.Toxins · 2021
- The biology and toxinology of blunt-nosed vipers.npj biodiversity · 2025
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- Description
- Geographic range
- Habitat
- Behavior
- Reproduction
- Venom
- Fossil record
- Species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Vipera (; commonly known as the palaearctic vipers and Eurasian vipers) is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The genus has a very wide range, being found from North Africa to just within the Arctic Circle, and from Great Britain to Pacific Asia. The Latin name vīpera is possibly derived from the Latin words vivus and pario, meaning "alive" and "bear" or "bring forth"; likely a reference to the fact that most vipers bear live young. 21 species are recognized as being valid. Like all other vipers, the members of this genus are venomous.
==Description== Members of the genus Vipera tend to be stout and small in size. The largest of them, V. ammodytes, can reach a maximum total length (including tail) of , and the smallest, V. monticola, reaches a maximum total length of .