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Levantine Viper
Macrovipera lebetinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Macrovipera lebetinus, known as the blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper, and by other common names, is a viper species found on islands in the Aegean Sea, in Algeria, and in much of the Middle East, and as far east as India. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate race described here.
Wikipedia contributors, Macrovipera lebetinus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:49:02.738828+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Macrovipera lebetinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- Levantine Viper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Macrovipera
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyViperidae
- subfamilyViperinae
- genusMacrovipera
- speciesMacrovipera lebetinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Coluber lebetinus Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Vipera euphratica Martin, 1838 Martin, 1838 | synonym |
| Vipera lebetina Boulenger, 1920 Boulenger, 1920 | synonym |
| Daboia lebetina transmediterranea | synonym |
| Vipera lebetina schweizeri Werner, 1935 Werner, 1935 | synonym |
| Vipera xanthina | ambiguous synonym |
| Macrovipera lebetina cypriensis Reuss, 1933 Reuss, 1933 | synonym |
| Vipera lebetina transmediterranea Nilson & Andrén, 1988 Nilson & Andrén, 1988 | synonym |
| Vipera lebetina turanica Chernov, 1939 Chernov, 1939 | synonym |
| Vipera lebetina euphratica Schmidt, 1939 Schmidt, 1939 | synonym |
| Vipera obtusa Dwigubsky, 1832 Dwigubsky, 1832 | synonym |
| Vipera peilei Murray, 1892 Murray, 1892 | synonym |
| Vipera lebetina siphnensis Wettstein, 1952 Wettstein, 1952 | synonym |
| Vipera mauritanica | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Macrovipera&species=lebetinus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:72S8X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.