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Morphological identification key

 Viperinae       
 
 
         

Are there at least 3 (up to 9) large shields on the top of the head?

yes
  Did the accident occur north of the 35th parallel?
  
yes
  Vipera berus or Vipera renardi
        
no   Azemiops feae
no
 
       

Striking markings consisting of oval blotches, conspicuously large nostrils?

yes   
  Daboia russelli ssp.