Pseudocerastes persicus

Pseudocerastes persicus

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: Pseudocerastes
Species: Pseudocerastes persicus

Name

Pseudocerastes persicus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

• Holotype: MNHN 4027, according to Golay et al. 1993: 277
• Type locality: Persia.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudocerastes persicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2022.
• Crochet, P.-A., Sevinç, M., Tok, C.V., Anderson, S., Ananjeva, N.B., Els, J., Egan, D.M., Nilson, G., Andrén, C., Ugurtas, I.H., Böhme, W., Borkin, L., Orlov, N.L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D. & Munkhbayar, K. 2021. IUCN: Pseudocerastes persicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164640A1063057. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164640A1063057.en. Accessed on 02 January 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Persian Horned Viper