Vipera

See also: vipera and viperă

Translingual

Vipera aspis aspis

Etymology

From Latin vipera (“viper”).

Proper noun

Vipera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – some of the venomous vipers, palearctic vipers.

Synonyms

• Pelias, Chersea, Rhinaspis, Rhinechis, Echidnoides, Mesocoronis, Teleovipera, Acridophaga, Mesovipera, Mesohoronis, Mesohorinis, Latastea, Tzarevcsya, Latasteopara

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder; Viperoidea - superfamily; Viperidae - family; Viperinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vipera aspis (aspic viper) - type species; for other species see Vipera on WikispeciesWikispecies and Vipera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Macrovipera
• Mesovipera
• Montivipera
• Teleovipera

References

• Vipera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vipera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vipera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Coluber aspis at AnimalBase
• Vipera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Vipera at National Center for Biotechnology Information