Cerastes cerastes

Cerastes cerastes; Temporal range: Pleistocene-recent
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Cerastes
Species:	C. cerastes
Binomial name
	Cerastes cerastes; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	[Coluber] Cerastes Linnaeus, 1758; Coluber cornutus ; Linnaeus In Hasselquist, 1762; Cerastes cornutus — Forskål, 1775; Vipera Cerastes ; — Sonnini & Latreille, 1801; Cerastes Hasselquistii Gray, 1842; Cerastes Aegyptiacus ; A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & ; A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Echidna atricaudata A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Vipera Avicennae Jan, 1859; V[ipera]. (Echidna) Avicennae ; — Jan, 1863; V[ipera]. (Cerastes) cerastes ; — Jan, 1863; Cerastes cornutus — Boulenger, 1891; Cerastes cerastes— J. Anderson, 1899; Cerastes cornutus var. mutila ; Doumergue, 1901; Aspis cerastes — Parker, 1938; Cerastes cerastes cerastes ; — Leviton & S.C. Anderson, 1967; Cerastes cerastes karlhartli Sochurek, 1974; Cerastes cerastes karlhartli ; — Tiedemann & Häupl, 1980; [Cerastes cerastes] mutila ; — Le Berre, 1989; Cerastes cerastes — Y. Werner, ; Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991;

Cerastes cerastes, commonly known as the Saharan horned viper or the desert horned viper, is a venomous species of viper native to the deserts of Northern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Levant. It is often easily recognized by the presence of a pair of supraocular "horns", although hornless individuals do occur. Three subspecies have been described.

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