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Cerastes cerastes  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634963

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Coluber cerastes Linnaeus, 1758
  
  Common Name(s): Desert Horned Viper [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyViperidae Oppel, 1811 – Pit Vipers, Vipers  
                                     SubfamilyViperinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusCerastes Laurenti, 1768  
                                           SpeciesCerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758) – Desert Horned Viper  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Cerastes cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                              Subspecies Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner, Sivan, Kushnir and Motro in Joger, 1999  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Cerastes cerastes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Cerastes cerastes, Desert Horned Viper [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cerastes cerastes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Werner, Yehudah L., Naomi Sivan, Vered Kushnir, and Uzi Motro  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Statistical Approach to Variation in Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae), with the Description of Two Endemic Subspecies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Kaupia, vol. 8   
  Page(s): 83-97   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0941-8482   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cerastes cerastes   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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