Hibernate viper deeper in the soil below the freezing zone where the temperature does not exceed 2 ° -4 °, in the burrows of rodents and moles, at stumps, in deep rock crevices. For the winter usually are held mostly in solitary confinement. Very rarely, in the most convenient for over-wintering areas could gather a few dozen individuals. Place in winter is used annually. Sometimes with a viper winter lizards, toads, newts and other species of snakes. Of winter shelters snakes come in early spring when snow still in some places. Bask in the sun on high, dry places, tree stumps, large rocks, etc. In the case of hidden cooling back to shelters.

Vipers are prey for a variety of animals: rodents, frogs, lizards, nestlings of small birds that nest on the ground. Juveniles feed mainly on large insects and slugs. Puberty occurs in males at age four, females at five years.Mating occurs within 2-4 weeks after leaving the wintering grounds.

Viper viviparous snake. The gestation period lasts about three months.Cubs 8.12 units. Length of newborn vipers about 16 cm during the first three days after birth, molt, and then begin to self-hunt.

Molting occurs at vipers 1-2 times a month. Life expectancy of 15 years of vipers.

With venomous snakes people familiar with the ancient times. Occasional bites of poisonous snakes, and the dire consequences of them gave birth to many myths and superstitions that accompany these beautiful and useful for human animals to the present day and even in our civilized age many people have snake cause insurmountable superstitious fear and jitters.Some people greeters snake, trying to kill her, their ignorance is causing irreparable damage to nature. It is well known that viper avoid meeting with the man, trying to be as quickly and quietly disappear into the shelter. If it is not possible, the snake takes a defensive stance and warned of a loud hiss, and only in extreme cases viper decided to attack the man. Usually this happens when a person inadvertently steps on a snake.