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COMMON EUROPEAN ADDER
Common European Viper
Vipera berus

Dangerousy Venomous

John Fowler & Rachel Barnes

Distribution:- Widespread through northwestern Europe (Great Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Germany, France) across southern Europe (Italy, Serbia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and northern Greece) and eastern Europe to north of the Arctic Circle, and Russia to the Pacific Ocean, Sakhalin Island, North Korea, northern Mongolia and northern China

Comments:- Occasionally grows to over 3ft (1 metre) long total length


Vipera berus: Adder

"Vipera berus: Adder" by Todd W Pierson is licenced under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0




COMMON EUROPEAN ADDER Vipera berus
Common European Adder (Vipera berus berus) photographed in Scotland


European Adder Vipera berus
Preserved Common European Adder (Vipera berus berus) photographed at Oxford Natural History Museum


Fore information about the subspecies of Vipera berus go to the following link:-

Vipera berus (LINNAEUS, 1758)
The Reptile Database


LINKS OF INTEREST

Vipera berus
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Vipera berus
WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources


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