Vipera


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Related to Vipera: Vipera berus, Vipera aspis
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Noun1.Vipera - type genus of the ViperidaeVipera - type genus of the Viperidae    
reptile genus - a genus of reptiles
family Viperidae, Viperidae - Old World vipers
common viper, Vipera berus, adder - small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
asp, asp viper, Vipera aspis - of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
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Feel the rage of the betrayed with the cathartic power of music from the underground all-female band named Vipera. The ladies' debut performance was last August 10 at GIOSCRIB Bonifactio Street, Davao City, back-to-back with Soundtank and Warlak from Manila.
The only globin chain sequence reported from Viper snakes is from Vipera aspis describing the sequence of [alpha]-chain of hemoglobin (Duguet et al., 1974).
This antivenom contains a mixture of horse-origin immunoglobulin fragments effective against three snakes from the Viperidae family: Macrovipera Lebetina, Montivipera Xanthina, and Vipera Ammodytes.
[4] In India, the mortality of snake bite patients is mainly due to bite from 4 species of snakes, which includes Indian/King Cobra (Naja naja), Russell's Viper (Vipera rusellii), Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus), and sawscaled viper (Echis carinata).
The development of stylohyal (a segment in the hyoidean arch) and its relation to columella auris and quadrate were estimated in Lacertilia (Parker, 1879), in Vipera bervus (Moller, 1905), in Trigonocephalus (Okajima, 1915), In Leptodeira hotamboia (Brock, 1929), in lizard (De Beer, 1937).
Five planes also took part: two Tomark SD-4 Vipera, a SportCruiser, a Bristell and a Cessna 172.Who was M.R.
Neurotoxicity and hypertension following European adder (Vipera berus berus) bites in Hungary: case report and review.
Huc quidquid fetu genuit natura sinistro miscetur: non spuma canum quibus unda timori est, viscera non lyncis, non durae nodus hyaenae defuit et cerui pastae serpente medullae, non puppim retinens Euro tendente rudentis in mediis echenais aquis oculique draconum quaeque sonant feta tepefacta sub alite saxa, non Arabum volucer serpens innataque rubris aequoribus custos pretiosae vipera conchae aut viventis adhuc Libyci membrana cerastae aut cinis Eoa positi phoenicis in ara.
Veerabasappa Gowda, "Geographicalvariation in India in the composition and lethal potency of Russell's viper (Vipera russelli) venom," Toxicon, vol.