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Cerastes gasperettii, also known commonly as the Arabian horned viper and Gasperetti's horned viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to the Arabian Peninsula [ 3 ] and north to Palestine (region) , Iraq , and Iran .
Highlights of his stunning portfolio of images, taken across the seven Emirates, include a scorpion with her babies, an Arabian horned viper hiding in the desert sand, and two black and yellow mud ...
Cerastes cerastes, commonly known as the Saharan horned viper [4] or the desert horned viper, [5] is a 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. [4]
Desert horned viper Arid north Africa (Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and Mali, eastward through Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Libya and Chad to Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia) through Sinai to the northern Negev of Israel. In the Arabian Peninsula, it occurs in Yemen and extreme southwestern Saudi Arabia. C. gasperettii: Leviton & Anderson ...
Arabian horned viper (!) [22] Cerastes gasperettii: 75 cm (30 in) Least concern: Distributed through the peninsula, this viper prefers vegetated habitats with soft sand in which it partially buries itself. Saw-scaled viper [23] Echis carinatus: 50 cm (20 in) Least concern
Persian Horned viper from Al Hajar Mountains of United Arab Emirates. Adults average between 40 and 70 cm (16 and 28 in) in total length (body + tail), with a maximum total length of 108 cm (43 in) being reported.
Cerastes boehmeii Tunesian horned viper; Cerastes cerastes, Saharan horned viper; Cerastes gasperettii, Arabian horned viper; Cerastes vipera, Sahara sand viper; Daboia. Daboia mauritanica, Moorish viper; Daboia palaestinae, Palestine viper; Daboia russelii, Russell's viper; Daboia siamensis, Eastern Russell's viper; Echis, Saw-scaled vipers ...
Field's horned viper [4] (Pseudocerastes fieldi) is a species of snake in the family Viperidae. [5] The species is native to the deserts of the Middle East. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Persian horned viper (Pseudocerastes persicus). The main differences between this species and the ...