Pseudocerastes urarachnoides

Taxonavigation edit

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

Pseudocerastes urarachnoides Bostanchi, Anderson, Kami & Papenfuss, 2006: 446

Holotype: FMNH 170929, ♀, collected by Daniel R. Womochel and Anthony F. DeBlase, Second Street Expedition to Iran, 27 August 1968.
Type locality: “Iran: Ham Province: 70 km SW Ham (probably on road to Amirabad and Mehran)”.
Paratype: ZMGU 1300, ♂, “Iran: Kermanshah Province: 25 km south of Qasr-e-Shirin on road to Gilan-e Gharb, open level area in agricultural region, ca. 200 meters elevation”, collected by Hamid Bostanchi on 15 May 2001.

Bostanchi, H., Anderson, S.C., Kami, H.G. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2006. A new species of Pseudocerastes with elaborate tail ornamentation from Western Iran (Squamata: Viperidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 57(14): 443–450. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudocerastes urarachnoides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 December 2021.
Anderson, S.C. & Papenfuss, T. 2009. IUCN: Pseudocerastes urarachnoides (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164664A5916336. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164664A5916336.en. Accessed on 31 December 2021.

English: Iranian Spider Viper