Cerastes cerastes hoofieni

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: Cerastes cerastes
Subspecies: Cerastes cerastes hoofieni

Name

Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner & Sivan in Werner et al., 1999: 87

• Holotype: BMNH 1985.721, ♀, collected by W. Büttiker in 1982 and presented by J. Gasperetti.
• Type locality: “King Khalid Airbase, Saudi Arabia (18°18′N 42°44′E)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

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