European Adder
Vipera berus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Vipera
- Continents
- Europe
- Countries
- 19
- How common
- Common
About
European Adder (Vipera berus) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Austria, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland and 14 more. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, temperate coniferous forest, boreal forest and 27 more. Common: recorded in 6065 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Temperate Coniferous Forest
- Boreal Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Meadow
- Alpine Meadow
- Alpine Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Mediterranean Shrubland
- Heathland
- Alpine Shrubland
- Mountain Slopes
- Bogs
- Fens
Related snakes
- Vipera chloris
- Sako's Viper Vipera sakoi
- Vipera weigeli
- Vipera illyrica
- Nose-horned Viper Vipera ammodytes
- Asp Viper Vipera aspis
- Turkish Viper Vipera barani
- Darevsky's Viper Vipera darevskii
- Caucasus Viper Vipera kaznakovi
- Lotiev's Viper Vipera lotievi
- Transcaucasian Long-nosed Viper Vipera transcaucasiana
- Adder Vipera nikolskii
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.