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Vipera (Pelias)

Reptilia - Crotalidae

Taxonomy
Pelias was named by Merrem (1820). It is extant. Its type is Coluber berus.

It was reranked as Vipera (Pelias) by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992), Zerova (1993).

It was assigned to Viperidae by Gray (1842); and to Vipera by Szyndlar and Zerova (1992), Zerova (1993).

Subtaxa
Vipera (Pelias) berus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Vipera aegertica, Vipera kuchurganica, Vipera ursinii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Pelias Merrem p. 148
1842Pelias Gray p. 71
1992Vipera (Pelias) Szyndlar and Zerova p. 94
1993Vipera (Pelias) Zerova pp. 276-278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyColubroidea
familyCrotalidae()
subfamilyViperinae
genusVipera
subgenusPelias()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Vipera (Pelias) Merrem 1820
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Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 [common adder]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Gray 1842Vertebral, occipital and superciliary plates distinct; front of head with small shields; nose blunt.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kazakhstan (East Kasakhstan) Pelias sp. (167805)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Vipera berus (48446)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera sp. (167806)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera sp. (167947)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera sp. (167996)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Ukraine (Mykolaiv) Vipera sp. (167997)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Hungary (North Hungary) Vipera berus (136066)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera sp. (168005)
MN 14 - MN 155.09 - 3.55Poland Vipera berus (33873)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Russian Federation (Rostov) Vipera sp. (168018)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera sp. (168015)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Moldova Vipera sp. (50941)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) Vipera berus (224542)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Ukraine (Odessa) Vipera sp. (168020 168021)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Poland Vipera berus (33480)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Vipera berus (45065 45072)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Poland (Krakow) Vipera berus (48543)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Poland Vipera berus (33874 34192 48552 195226)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Belgium (Namur) Vipera berus (206229)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Vipera berus (32485)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Vipera berus (195199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Vipera berus (200082)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Pelias berus, Vipera berus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Vipera berus (195119)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Poland (Krakow) Vipera berus (33977)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Vipera berus (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Vipera berus (93816)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Serbia Vipera berus (191943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Vipera berus (33976)