Meadow Viper
Vipera ursinii
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Vipera
- Continents
- Europe
- Countries
- 14
- How common
- Common
About
Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and 9 more. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest and 24 more. Common: recorded in 99 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
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Meadow
- Alpine Meadow
- Alpine Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Mediterranean Shrubland
- Alpine Shrubland
- Mountain Slopes
- Coastal Scrub
- Mediterranean Scrubland
- Mediterranean Pine Forest
- European Deciduous Forest
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
- European Adder Vipera berus
- Transcaucasian Long-nosed Viper Vipera transcaucasiana
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.