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**''[[Echis carinatus multisquamatus]]'', Central Asian saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis carinatus multisquamatus]]'', Central Asian saw-scaled viper
**''[[Echis carinatus sinhaleyus]]''
**''[[Echis carinatus sinhaleyus]]''
**''[[Echis carinatus sochureki]]''
**''[[Echis carinatus sochureki]]'', Sochurek's saw-scaled viper
*''[[Echis coloratus]]'', Painted saw-scaled viper  
*''[[Echis coloratus]]'', Painted saw-scaled viper  
*''[[Echis hughesi]]'', Hughes' saw-scaled viper
*''[[Echis hughesi]]'', Hughes' saw-scaled viper

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Viperinae
Asp viper, Vipera aspis: type species for type genus Vipera.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Oppel, 1811

This is a list of all species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as the true vipers, the pitless vipers or the Old World vipers. It follows the taxonomy promulgated by McDiarmid et al. (1999) and ITIS.

References

  • 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).

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