Vipera (Pelias) berus Linnaeus 1758 (common adder)

Reptilia - Squamata - Crotalidae

Alternative combinations: Coluber berus, Pelias berus, Vipera berus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Vipera (Pelias) according to Z. Szyndlar and G. A. Zerova 1992

See also Daudin 1803, Gray 1842, Linnaeus 1758, Merrem 1820 and Zerova 1993

Sister taxa: none

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (2), Greece (1), Poland (9), Serbia and Montenegro (1), the United Kingdom (5)

• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Poland (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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