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Taxon: Family Viperidae Oppel, 1811 - vipers and pit vipers (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation M. Oppel, 1811, nom. corr.
Original name Oppel, M. 1811. In Commission bey J. Lindauer, München: 47, 50, 66.
Original rank op. cit.: 50, 66.
Subsequent spelling Gray, J.E. 1825a. Ann. Philos., London (n.s.) 10 (3): 205 ("Viperidæ").
Description/Diagnosis in Latin Oppel, M. 1811. In Commission bey J. Lindauer, München: 47 (key), 50, 66.
Description/Diagnosis in English Gray, J.E. 1825a. Ann. Philos., London (n.s.) 10 (3): 205.
Incorrect (erroneous) authorship Laurenti, 1768.

Attributes

Justified emendation of suffix ("orth. corr.") [ICZN, 1999: Art. 34.1 (family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 2 Mar 2017.

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Viperinae (Subfamily) Oppel, 1811 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: 48. [inferred]
TypeVipera (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: R.A. Pyron et al., 2013: 48. [inferred]

Synonyms

IncludingCrotalidae (Family) Oppel, 1811 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 618.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameadderachtigen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namevipers and pit vipers
Old World vipers Ref: J. Coborn, 1994
typical vipers Ref: J. Coborn, 1994
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