| Cerastes cerastes Temporal range: Pleistocene-recent[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Cerastes |
| Species: | C. cerastes
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Cerastes cerastes, commonly known as the Saharan horned viper[4] or the desert horned viper,[5] 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.[4] Three subspecies have been described.
- ^ Margarida Isabel Oliveira Barros. "Reconstructing the evolutionary history of desert-adapted Cerastes vipers in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula" (PDF) (in Portuguese and English). University of Porto.
- ^ Wagner, P.; Wilms, T.; Niagate, B.; Joger, U.; Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; El Mouden, E.H.; Slimani, T.; Nouira, M.S.; Baha El Din, S.; Busais, S.M.S.; Al Jumaily, M.M. (2021). "Cerastes cerastes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T197465A2486896. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197465A2486896.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-01-4.
- ^ a b Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
- ^ Mehrtens JM. (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.