Meadow viper

Weight

180.5 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

10.6 years – 19 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

10

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyViperidae
6. genusVipera
7. SpeciesVipera ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835)

Synonyms Acridophaga uralensis, Pelias ursinii, Vipera berus rakosiensis, Vipera macrops, Vipera ursinii macrops, Vipera ursinii wettsteini

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Adder

Vipera berus

Viperidae

LC, Least Concern

Nose-horned viper

Vipera ammodytes

Viperidae

VU, Vulnerable

Asp viper

Vipera aspis

Viperidae

L

Lataste's viper

Vipera latastei

ViperidaeNo free photo yet

S

Seoane's viper

Vipera seoanei

ViperidaeNo free photo yet

D

Darevsky's viper

Vipera darevskii

ViperidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMeadow viper vs AdderMeadow viper vs Nose-horned viperMeadow viper vs Asp viperMeadow viper vs Lataste's viper

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@misc{meadow_viper_2026,
  title = {Meadow viper (Vipera ursinii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/meadow-viper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}