Species | Vipera berus (Adder) |
Genus | Vipera (a genus of reptiles) |
Family | VIPERIDAE (adders) |
Order | SQUAMATA (snakes and lizards) |
Class | REPTILIA (reptiles) |
Superclass | TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds) |
Phylum | CHORDATA (vertebrates) |
Superphylum | DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vipera berus (Adder) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Carver, C. | 2006 | Adder | Vol 27, No 3 Page: 200 | |
Holmes, F. | 2005 | Melanistic Adder | Vol 16, No 4 Page: 277 | |
Holt, C. | 2008 | Yellowhammer chick being eaten by an Adder | Vol 20, No. 1 Page: 51 |
Vipera berus (Adder) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Atkins, W. | 2005 | Conservation status of the adder Vipera berus in Greater London | Research Reports EN Report no 666. |
Baker, J., Suckling, J. & Carey, R. | 2004 | Status of the adder Vipera berus and slow-worm Anguis fragilis in England | Research Reports EN Report no 546. |
Phelps, T. | 2004 | Beyond hypothesis - a long term study of British snakes | British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 5: 319-327. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Vipera berus (Adder):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Vipera berus (Adder) |
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