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This is a list of all [[Genus|genera]], [[species]] and [[subspecies]] of the subfamily [[Viperinae]], otherwise referred to as viperines, true vipers, pitless vipers or Old World vipers. It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999)<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref> and [[ITIS]].<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=563898 |taxon=Viperinae |accessdate=23 March 2007}}</ref>
*''[[Atheris]]'', Bush vipers
**''[[Atheris acuminata]]''
**''[[Atheris anisolepis]]''
**''[[Atheris barbouri]]'', Uzungwe mountain bush viper
**''[[Atheris broadleyi]]''
**''[[Atheris ceratophora]]'', Horned bush viper
**''[[Atheris chlorechis]]'', Western bush viper
**''[[Atheris desaixi]]'', Mount Kenya bush viper
**''[[Atheris hetfieldi]]''
**''[[Atheris hirsuta]]'', Tai hairy bush viper
**''[[Atheris hispida]]'', Bristly bush viper
**''[[Atheris katangensis]]'', Katanga mountain bush viper
**''[[Atheris mabuensis]]'',  Mount Mabu forest viper
**''[[Atheris matildae]]'',  Matilda's horned viper
**''[[Atheris mongoensis]]''
**''[[Atheris nitschei]]'', Great Lakes bush viper
**''[[Atheris rungweensis]]'', Rungwe tree viper
**''[[Atheris squamigera]]'', Rough-scaled bush viper
**''[[Atheris subocularis]]''
*''[[Bitis]]'', Puff adders
**''[[Bitis albanica]]'', Albany adder
**''[[Bitis arietans]]'', Common puff adder
***''[[Bitis arietans|Bitis arietans arietans]]'', Common puff adder
***''[[Bitis arietans somalica]]'', Somali puff adder
**''[[Bitis armata]]'', Southern adder
**''[[Bitis atropos]]'', Mountain adder
**''[[Bitis caudalis]]'', Horned adder
**''[[Bitis cornuta]]'', Many-horned adder
**''[[Bitis gabonica]]'', Gaboon viper (3003 Viper)
***''[[Bitis gabonica]]'', East African gaboon viper
**''[[Bitis harenna]]''
**''[[Bitis heraldica]]'', Angolan adder
**''[[Bitis inornata]]'', Plain mountain adder
**''[[Bitis nasicornis]]'', Rhinoceros viper
**''[[Bitis parviocula]]'', Ethiopian viper
**''[[Bitis peringueyi]]'', Peringuey's desert adder
**''[[Bitis rhinoceros]]'', West African gaboon viper
**''[[Bitis rubida]]'', Red adder
**''[[Bitis schneideri]]'', Namaqua dwarf adder
**''[[Bitis worthingtoni]]'', Kenyan horned viper
**''[[Bitis xeropaga]]'', Desert mountain adder
*''[[Causus]]'', night adders
**''[[Causus bilineatus]]'', lined night adder, two-striped night adder
**''[[Causus defilippii]]'', snouted night adder
**''[[Causus lichtensteinii]]'', forest night adder
**''[[Causus maculatus]]'', forest rhombic night adder, West African night adder
**''[[Causus rasmusseni]]''
**''[[Causus resimus]]'', green night adder
**''[[Causus rhombeatus]]'', rhombic night adder
*''[[Cerastes (genus)|Cerastes]]'', Horned vipers
**''[[Cerastes boehmeii ]]'' Tunesian horned viper
**''[[Cerastes cerastes]]'', Saharan horned viper
**''[[Cerastes gasperettii]]'', Arabian horned viper
**''[[Cerastes vipera]]'', Sahara sand viper
*''[[Daboia]]''
**''[[Daboia mauritanica]]'', Moorish viper
**''[[Daboia palaestinae]]'', Palestine viper
**''[[Daboia russelii]]'', Russell's viper
**''[[Daboia siamensis]]'', Eastern Russell's viper
*''[[Echis]]'', Saw-scaled vipers
**''[[Echis borkini]]''
**''[[Echis carinatus]]'', Saw-scaled viper
***''[[Echis carinatus astolae]]'', Astola saw-scaled viper
***''[[Echis carinatus|Echis carinatus carinatus]]'', South Indian saw-scaled viper
***''[[Echis carinatus multisquamatus]]'', Central Asian saw-scaled viper
***''[[Echis carinatus sinhaleyus]]'', Sri Lankan saw-scaled viper
***''[[Echis carinatus sochureki]]'', Sochurek's saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis coloratus]]'', Painted saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis hughesi]]'', Hughes' saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis jogeri]]'', Joger's saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis khosatzkii]]''
**''[[Echis leucogaster]]'', White-bellied saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis megalocephalus]]'', Cherlin's saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis ocellatus]]'', West African saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis omanensis]]'', Oman saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis pyramidum]]'', Egyptian saw-scaled viper
***''[[Echis pyramidum aliaborri]]'', Red carpet viper
***''[[Echis pyramidum leakeyi]]'', Kenyan carpet viper
***''[[Echis pyramidum|Echis pyramidum pyramidum]]'', Egyptian saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis romani]]''
*''[[Eristicophis]]'', McMahon's desert viper
**''[[Eristicophis|Eristicophis macmahonii]]'', McMahon's desert viper
*''[[Macrovipera]]'', Large Palearctic vipers
**''[[Macrovipera lebetina]]'', Blunt-nosed viper
***''[[Macrovipera lebetina cernovi]]''
***''[[Macrovipera lebetina|Macrovipera lebetina lebetina]]'', Blunt-nosed viper
***''[[Macrovipera lebetina obtusa]]'', West-Asian blunt-nosed viper
***''[[Macrovipera lebetina transmediterranea]]''
***''[[Macrovipera lebetina turanica]]'', Turan blunt-nosed viper
**''[[Macrovipera razii]]''
**''[[Macrovipera schweizeri]]'', Milos viper
**''[[Montatheris|Montatheris hindii]]'', Montane viper
*''[[Montivipera]]''
**''[[Montivipera albizona]]'', Central Turkish mountain viper
**''[[Montivipera bornmuelleri]]'', Lebanon viper (Endangered)
**''[[Montivipera bulgardaghica]]'', Mount Bulgar viper
**''[[Montivipera kuhrangica]]'', Kuhrang mountain viper
**''[[Montivipera latifii]]'', Latifi's viper
**''[[Montivipera raddei]]'', Rock viper
***''[[Montivipera raddei albicornuta]]'', Iranian mountain viper
***''[[Montivipera raddei kurdistanica ]]'', Kurdistan viper
**''[[Montivipera wagneri]]'', Ocellated mountain viper
**''[[Montivipera xanthina]]'', Rock viper
*''[[Proatheris]]'', Lowland swamp viper
**''[[Proatheris|Proatheris superciliaris]]'', Lowland swamp viper
*''[[Pseudocerastes]]''
**''[[Pseudocerastes fieldi]]'', Field's horned viper
**''[[Pseudocerastes persicus]]'', Persian horned viper
**''[[Pseudocerastes urarachnoides]]'', Iranian spider viper
*''[[Vipera]]'', Palearctic vipers
**''[[Vipera altaica ]]'', Kazachstan viper
**''[[Vipera ammodytes]]'', Sand viper
***''[[Vipera ammodytes|Vipera ammodytes ammodytes]]'', Western sand viper
***''[[Vipera ammodytes gregorwallneri]]''
***''[[Vipera ammodytes meridionalis]]'', Eastern sand viper
***''[[Vipera ammodytes montandoni]]'', Transdanubian sand viper
**''[[Vipera anatolica ]]'', Anatolian viper (critically endangered)
**''[[Vipera aspis]]'', Asp viper
***''[[Vipera aspis|Vipera aspis aspis]]'', European asp
***''[[Vipera aspis atra]]'', Black asp
***''[[Vipera aspis francisciredi]]'', Central Italian asp
***''[[Vipera aspis hugyi]]'', Southern Italian asp
***''[[Vipera aspis zinnikeri]]'', Gascony asp
**''[[Vipera barani]]'', Baran's adder
**''[[Vipera berus]]'', common viper, adder
***''[[Vipera berus|Vipera berus berus]]'', Common European adder
***''[[Vipera berus bosniensis]]'', Balkan cross adder
***''[[Vipera berus sachalinensis]]'', Sakhalin Island adder
**''[[Vipera darevskii]]'', Darevsky's viper
**''[[Vipera dinniki]]'', Dinnik's viper
**''[[Vipera ebneri ]]'', Iranian Mountain steppe viper
**''[[Vipera eriwanensis]]'', Armenian steppe viper
**''[[Vipera graeca]]'', Greek meadow viper
**''[[Vipera kaznakovi]]'', Caucasus viper
**''[[Vipera latastei]]'', Lataste's viper
***''[[Vipera latastei gaditana]]''
***''[[Vipera latastei|Vipera latastei latastei]]'', Lataste's viper
**''[[Vipera lotievi]]'', Caucasian meadow viper
**''[[Vipera magnifica]]'', Magnificent viper
**''[[Vipera monticola]]'', Atlas mountain viper
**''[[Vipera nikolskii]]'', Nikolski's viper
**''[[Vipera olguni]]''
**''[[Vipera orlovi]]'', Orlov's viper (critically Endangered)
**''[[Vipera pontica]]'', Pontic adder, Black sea viper
**''[[Vipera renardi]]'', Steppe viper
***''[[Vipera renardi renardi]]''
***''[[Vipera renardi parursini]]''
**''[[Vipera renardi tienshanica]]'', Kasackstan steppe viper
**''[[Vipera seoanei]]'', Baskian viper
***''[[Vipera seoanei cantabrica]]''
***''[[Vipera seoanei|Vipera seoanei seoanei]]'', Baskian viper
**''[[Vipera shemakhensis]]''
**''[[Vipera transcaucasiana]]'', Transcaucasian longnose viper
**''[[Vipera ursinii]]'', Meadow vipers
***''[[Vipera ursinii macrops]]'', Albanian meadow viper
***''[[Vipera ursinii moldavica]]'', Romanian meadow viper
***''[[Vipera ursinii rakosiensis]]'', Hungarian meadow viper
***''[[Vipera ursinii wettsteini]]'', Provence meadow viper
***''[[Vipera ursinii ursini ]]'', Italian meadow viper
**''[[Vipera walser]]'', Piemont viper
==References==
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[[Category:Viperinae| ]]
[[Category:Lists of snakes|Viperinae]]
[[Category:Lists of animal species|Viperinae]]
[[Category:Taxonomic lists (subspecies)|Viperinae]]