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Product ID L1121
Name Vipera berus berus 
Common Name(s) Adder(E); Northern Viper (E); Vipère péliade (F)
Origin Eastern Russia
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Vipera berus berus
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Vipera berus berus
Taxonomic Classification
  • Class : Reptilia
  • Order : Squamata
  • Suborder : Serpentes
  • Family : Viperidae
  • Subfamily :  Viperinae
  • Genus :  Vipera

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