Common adder vs Meadow viper
The common adder is longer: 42.2 cm against 30.1 cm for the meadow viper, about 40% longer.
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What is the difference between a common adder and a meadow viper?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common adder is longer: 42.2 cm against 30.1 cm for the meadow viper, about 40% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Vipera, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Common adder | Meadow viper | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Vipera lotievi | Vipera ursinii |
| Family | Viperidae | Viperidae |
| Order | Squamata | Squamata |
| Weight | 180.5 g | 180.5 g |
| Length | 42.2 cm | 30.1 cm |
| Lifespan | 10.6 years | 10.6 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | forest |
| Conservation status | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Which is bigger?
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