.::::: Snakes of the World - Viperidae :::::.

The vipers are a diverse family, sometimes split into two seperat families Crotalidae and Viperidae. We have chosen to deal with these as only subfamilies of a united Viperidae.

Azemiophinae
Azemiops
 
Causinae
Causus
 
Crotalinae
Agkistrodon
Atropoides
Bothriechis
Bothrops
Calloselasma
Cerrophidion
Crotalus
Deinagkistrodon
Ermia
Gloydius
Hypnale
Lachesis
Ophryacus
Ovophis
Porthidium
Protobothrops
Sistrurus
Triceratolepis
Trimeresurus
Tropidolaemus
 
Viperinae
Adenorhinos
Atheris
Bitis
Cerastes
Daboia
Echis
Eristicophis
Macrovipera
Montatheris
Proatheris
Pseudocerastes
Vipera
Literature
Burger, W.L. 1971. Genera of Pitvipers. Ph.D. Disseration, Univ. Kansas, Lawrence.
Campbell, J.A. & E.D. Brodie, Jr. (eds.). 1992. Biology of the Pitvipers. Selva, Tyler, TX.
Greene, H.W. 1992. The behavioral and ecological context for pitviper evolution. Pp. 107-117. in: Campbell, J.A. & E.D. Brodie, Jr. (eds.). Biology of the Pitvipers. Selva, Tyler, TX.
McDiarmid, R.W., J.A. Campbell & T.A. Touré. 1999. Snakes Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. Herpetol. League, Washington, 511 pp.