Saharan horned viper
horned desert viper
cerastes cerastes latin

Common names: Saharan horned viper, horned desert viper, more.

Common names of this species include Saharan horned viper, horned desert viper, Sahara horned viper, desert horned viper, North African horned viper, African desert horned viper, greater cerastes, asp and horned viper.

It is most often used by the Saharan horned viper, Cerastes cerastes, and the sidewinder rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, to move across loose desert sands, but it is also used by Homalopsine snakes in Southeast Asia to move across tidal mud flats.

Common names: Saharan horned viper, horned desert viper, more.

Studies on horned desert vipers (Cerastes cerastes) showed they strongly rely on vibrational cues for capturing prey.

In North Africa, the Egyptian cobra, puff adder, carpet viper and horned desert viper are commonly featured in performances.

Persian horned viper, false horned viper, Persian horned desert viper, eye-horned viper.

Common names of this species include Saharan horned viper, horned desert viper, Sahara horned viper, desert horned viper, North African horned viper, African desert horned viper, greater cerastes, asp and horned viper.

Crotalus cerastes cerastes at California Reptiles and Amphibians.

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