Photo of a Steppe Viper (Vipera renardi)
Photo: Zolotukhina Irina, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Vipera
Continents
Asia, Europe
Countries
8
How common
Common

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About

Steppe Viper (Vipera renardi) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, broadleaf forest, mountain forest and 14 more. Common: recorded in 397 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.

Related snakes

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