Cerastes cerastes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

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

Name

Cerastes (Laurenti, 1768)

References

  • Wagner, P. & Wilms, T.M., 2010: A crowned devil: new species of Cerastes Laurenti, 1768 (Ophidia, Viperidae) from Tunesia, with two nomenclatural comments. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 57 (2): 297–306. Full article: .

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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