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Subfamily Viperinae Oppel 1811 (viper)

Reptilia - Squamata - Viperidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 64912

Full reference: M. Oppel. 1811. Die Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodom einer Naturgeschichte Derselben. Joseph Lindauer, München xii-86

Parent taxon: Crotalidae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

Sister taxa: Agkistrodon, Aploaspis, Caudisonia, Crotalus, Gloydius, Protobothrops, Sistrurus, Trimeresurus

Subtaxa: Bitis, Vipera

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore