Species details : Cerastes vipera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Accepted scientific name:
Cerastes vipera (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Cerastes vipera  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Aspis vipera Saint Girons, 1956 (synonym)
Cerastes richiei Gray, 1842 (synonym)
Cerastes vipera Werner, 1929 (synonym)
Coluber vipera Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Vipera aegyptiaca Daudin, 1803 (synonym)
Vipera avicennae Jan, 1859 (synonym)
Vipera cerastes Schmidt, 2003 (synonym)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Avicennaviper - - Click here to show the literature
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Sahara Sand Viper En - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Reptilia ReptileDB
Order Squamata ReptileDB
Family Viperidae ReptileDB
Genus Cerastes ReptileDB
Distribution: ALG-OO; CHA-OO; EGY-OO; LBY-OO; MLI-OO; MOR-MO; MTN-OO; NGR-OO; PAL-IS; PAL-JO; SIN-OO; SUD-OO; TUN-OO; WSA-OO
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P., Apr-2013
Source database: ReptileDB, 3.0, Mar 2013   99%
Bibliographic citation: Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2025). The Reptile Database (version 3.0, Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cerastes&species=vipera
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fe988b06-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401