Taxonomy Lineage

Lineage Browser

Walk upward from a selected taxon through the parent chain and jump back into the taxonomy browser at any step.

Selected Taxon

Viperidae

The lineage is ordered from the selected organism upward toward higher-level taxonomy.

Starting point: Viperidae
Level 1: Colubroidea (superfamily)
Level 2: Ophidia (infraorder)
Level 3: Scleroglossa (suborder)
Level 4: Squamata (order)
Level 5: Lepidosauria (superorder)
Level 6: Diapsida (no rank)
Level 7: Sauropsida (no rank)
Level 8: Amniota (no rank)
Level 9: Tetrapoda (no rank)
Level 10: Sarcopterygii (no rank)
Level 11: Euteleostomi (no rank)
Level 12: Teleostomi (no rank)
Level 13: Gnathostomata (superclass)
Level 14: Vertebrata (no rank)
Level 15: Craniata (subphylum)
Level 16: Chordata (phylum)
Level 17: Deuterostomia (no rank)
Level 18: Coelomata (no rank)
Level 19: Bilateria (no rank)
Level 20: Eumetazoa (no rank)
Level 21: Animalia (kingdom)
Level 22: Fungi/Metazoa group (no rank)
Level 23: Eucarya (superkingdom)
Level 24: biota (no rank)
Level 25: all (no rank)