Viperidae
The vipers: folding fangs, heat-sensing ambush hunters.
412 species live on this branch.
Photo: DoctorCondor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A face from this branch: Gaboon Viper
Where Viperidae sits on the tree
GenusAgkistrodon8 species
GenusAtheris18 species
GenusAtropoides1 species
GenusAzemiops1 species
GenusBitis18 species
GenusBothriechis19 species
GenusBothrocophias9 species
GenusBothrops48 species
GenusCalloselasma1 species
GenusCausus7 species
GenusCerastes3 species
GenusCerrophidion5 species
GenusCraspedocephalus14 species
GenusCrotalus55 species
GenusDaboia4 species
GenusDeinagkistrodon1 species
GenusEchis12 species- GenusEristicophis1 species
GenusGarthius1 species
GenusGloydius29 species
GenusHypnale3 species
GenusLachesis5 species- GenusMacrovipera2 species
GenusMetlapilcoatlus6 species
GenusMixcoatlus3 species
GenusMontatheris1 species
GenusMontivipera6 species
GenusOphryacus3 species
GenusOvophis10 species
GenusPorthidium9 species- GenusProatheris1 species
GenusProtobothrops16 species
GenusPseudocerastes3 species
GenusSistrurus3 species
GenusTrimeresurus61 species
GenusTropidolaemus5 species
GenusVipera20 species
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.