Viperidae Oppel, 1811

Waltrick, Camilla Spengler & Giasson, Luís Olímpio Menta, 2021, Taxonomic key to the snakes (Squamata: Ophidia) species of the Itajaí Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-15 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.20
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scientific name	Viperidae Oppel, 1811
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Family Viperidae Oppel, 1811

This group is characterized by solenoglyphous dentition, presence of loreal pits ( Campbell & Lammar, 2004; Bernarde,2014),keeled dorsal scales,and triangular head shape, covered by small scales ( Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970; Melgarejo, 2009).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Viperidae

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