It is not capable of sinking into the sand vertically like Cerastes.

Eleutherodactylus cerastes is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.

When the animal approaches the cerastes, the cerastes promptly kills it.

Eleutherodactylus cerastes.

Cerastes are small snakes, averaging less than 50 cm in length, but are relatively stout in appearance.

The legend is most likely derived from the habits of the horned viper, whose genus, Cerastes, is named after the mythological creature.

African desert horned viper, greater cerastes,U.S. Navy.

The cerastes hides its head in the sand with only the horns protruding out of the surface; this is meant to deceive other animals into thinking it is food.

Crotalus cerastes cerastes at California Reptiles and Amphibians.

In 1984, Rivero described the frog species Eleutherodactylus sernai which was later synonymized with Eleutherodactylus cerastes (Lynch, 1975).

This is in contrast to the "true" horned viper, Cerastes cerastes, that has similar supraorbital horns that consist of a single elongated scale.

So Milton: Scorpion and asp, and amphisbaena dire, Cerastes horn'd, hydrus and elops drear, And dipsas.

Crotalus cerastes laterorepens is a venomous pitviper subspecies found in an area that centers around the Colorado Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Marrakchi N., et al. (1997) Procoagulant and Platelet-aggregating properties of cerastocytin from Cerastes cerastes venom.

They are usually known as the "Horned Vipers", the "North African Desert Vipers", or the "Cerastes Vipers".

Ferrucutus cerastes - A giant ceratopsian that bears slight resemblance to Pachyrhinosaurus, It appears only in the extended cut and in a cameo as Kong climbs to his lair.

The Arabian Horned Viper (Cerastes gasperettii) is a venomous viper species found in the Middle East from Israel to Iran, and especially in the Arabian Peninsula.

Common names: sidewinder, horned rattlesnake, sidewinder rattlesnake, more Crotalus cerastes is a venomous pit viper species found in the desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Sahara sand viper, Avicenna viper, common sand viper, Egyptian asp, Cleopatra's asp, sand viper, Avicenna's sand viper, lesser cerastes.

Although Cerastes are often referred to as horned vipers, only the two larger species, C. cerastes and C. gasperettii, are known to have horns, and even these do not always have them.

Dekhil et al. (2003) Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Functional Snake Venom Serine Proteinase, with Platelet Aggregating Activity, from the Cerastes cerastes Viper.

Bazaa, A. et al. (2005) Snake venomics: Comparative analysis of the venom proteomes of the Tunisian snakes Cerastes cerastes, Cerastes vipera and Macrovipera lebetina.

Much of the storyline of the Royal House of Anglerre is entwined with the god Vishena and the Demon Sword, Cerastes, who will make its user invincible, but will also kill its wielder after an unspecified period of time.

The most well known examples are members of the genus Echis (saw-scaled vipers), although those of the genus Cerastes (North African desert vipers) and at least one bush viper species, Atheris desaixi, are known to do this as well.

In contrast, cerastocytin and cerastotin (from the venom of Cerastes cerastes), as well as thrombocytin (from Bothrops atrox) and many others, are serine proteases that function in a way very similar to thrombin.