Cerastes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Cerastes
Species (4): C. boehmei – C. cerastes – C. gasperettii – C. vipera

Name

Cerastes Laurenti, 1768: 81 [conserved name]

Type species: Coluber cerastes Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Opinion 661 (1963: 191).
Gender: feminine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 661 (1963: 191).

References

Primary references

Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1963. Opinion 661. Cerastes Laurenti, 1768 (Reptilia): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(3): 191–192. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Werner, Y.L., Verdier, A. le, Rosenman, D. & Sivan, N. 1991. Systematics and zoogeography of Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae) in the Levant: 1, distinguishing Arabian from African “Cerastes cerastes”. The Snake 23(2): 90–100. Reference page.
Werner, Y.L. & Sivan, N. 1992. Systematics and zoogeography of Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae) in the Levant. 2. Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography. The Snake 24(1): 34–49. Reference page.
Werner, Y.L., Sivan, N., Kushnir, V. & Motro, U. 1999. A statistical approach to variation in Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae), with the description of two endemic subspecies. Kaupia: Darmstädter Beiträge Zur Naturgeschichte 8: 83–97. Reference page.
Wagner, P. & Wilms, T.M. 2010. A crowned devil: new species of Cerastes Laurenti, 1768 (Ophidia, Viperidae) from Tunisia, with two nomenclatural comments. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 57(2): 297–306. BHL Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cerastes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Afrikanische Hornvipern
English: Horned Vipers
Esperanto: Kerasto
Nederlands: Hoornadders
norsk: Hornhoggormer
русский: Рогатые гадюки
українська: Рогата гадюка
中文: 角蝰屬

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