Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Cerastes
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Horned Vipers, Sand Vipers
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Afrikanische Hornvipern
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Vestlige Hornslanger
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1768 |  |
Aspis Laurenti [suppressed; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1963): Opinion 661; type species: Aspis cleopatrae Laurenti 1768) |
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1768 | |
Cerastes Laurenti (type species: Coluber cerastes Linnaeus 1758; by subsequent designation: International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1963): Opinion 661) |
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1830 | |
Cerastes Wagler [not Cerastes Laurenti 1768 (Serpentes)] (type species: Aspis cleopatrae Laurenti 1768) |
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1843 | |
Gonyechis Fitzinger (type species: Vipera cerastes Latreille = Coluber cerastes Linnaeus 1758; syn. Williams & Wallach 1989) |
Contents:
4 species, of which 1 (25.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
N. Africa, Middle East.
Reported from:
Algeria,
Chad,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Oman,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan,
Tunisia,
United Arab Emirates,
Western Sahara,
Yemen.
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Cerastes boehmei
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Crowned Sand Viper
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Kronen-Hornviper
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Diadem-hornslange
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2010 | |
Cerastes boehmei Wagner & Wilms |
Remarks:
Nouira, Blanc, Crochet, Frétey, Geniez, Ineich, Massary, Ohler, Tlili & Lescure (2022) suggested that boehmei might be a synonym of vipera.
Distribution:
Tunisia.
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Cerastes cerastes
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Sahara Horned Viper, Desert Horned Viper, Common Horned Viper, Greater Cerastes Viper
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Wüsten-Hornviper
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Nordafrikansk Hornslange
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1758 | |
Coluber cerastes Linnaeus |
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Vipera cerastes Sonnini & Latreille 1801 |
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Cerastes cerastes Andersson 1899 |
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Aspis cerastes Parker 1938 |
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1762 | |
Coluber cornutus Linnaeus in Hasselquist [part] (Golay & al. 1993) |
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Cerastes cornutus Forskål 1775 |
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1801 | |
Cerastes hasselquistii Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1854 | |
Cerastes aegyptiacus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1854 | |
Echidna atricauda Duméril, Bibron & Duméril [part] (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1859 | |
Vipera avicennae Jan [part] (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1896 | |
Cerastes cornutus Boulenger (Wagner & Wilms 2010) |
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1901 | |
Cerastes cornutus mutila Doumergue (McDiarmid, Campbel & Touré 1999) |
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Cerastes cerastes mutila Le Berre 1989 |
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1974 | |
Cerastes cerastes karlhartli Sochurek (nomen nudum; Wagner & Wilms 2010) |
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1999 | |
Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner & Sivan in Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro |
Other common names:
cerastes: Desert Horned Viper
hoofieni: Hoofien's Horned Viper
karlharti: Egyptian Horned Viper
mutila: Algerian Horned Viper
Remarks:
Previously included gasperetti.
Although reported from Syria (e.g., Disi & Böhme 1996 [actually referring to gasperetti]), no species of this genus occurs in the country (Martens 1997).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Israel,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan,
Tunisia,
Western Sahara,
Yemen.
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Cerastes cerastes
© Rune Midtgaard
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Cerastes gasperettii
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Middle Eastern Horned Viper, Arabian Horned Viper
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Arabische Hornviper
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Arabisk Hornslange
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1762 | |
Coluber cornutus Linnaeus in Hasselquist [part] (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1967 | |
Cerastes cerastes gasperettii Leviton & Anderson |
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Cerastes gasperettii Werner, le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan 1991 |
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1999 | |
Cerastes gasperettii mendelssohni Werner & Sivan in Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro |
Other common names:
mendelssohni: Mendelssohn's Horned Viper
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of cerastes.
Raised to species status by Werner, Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan (1991), although already Werner (1987) treated it as such.
Although the species is found in southern Israel near the border to Sinai, and in spite of previous reports of its presence in Egypt
(e.g., Gruber 1989; Spawls & Branch 1995), it has not been documented from the country (Baha el Din 2006).
Although reported from Syria (e.g., Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992, Disi & Böhme 1996 [as cerastes]), the species is not present in the country
(Martens 1997).
Distribution:
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Oman,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
United Arab Emirates,
Yemen.
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Cerastes gasperettii
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Cerastes vipera
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Sahara Sand Viper, Common Sand Viper, Lesser Cerastes Viper, (Avicenna's Viper, Lesser Horned Viper, Sahara Horned Viper)
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Avicennaviper
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Lille Hornslange
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1758 | |
Coluber vipera Linnaeus |
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Cerastes vipera Boulenger 1891 |
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Aspis vipera Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1959 |
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1768 | |
Aspis cleopatrae Laurenti (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1801 | |
Vipera aegyptia Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1803 | |
Vipera aegyptiaca Daudin (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1842 | |
Cerastes ritchiei Gray (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1854 | |
Echidna atricauda Duméril, Bibron & Duméril [part] (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1859 | |
Vipera avicennae Jan [part] (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1929 | |
Cerastes vipera inornatus Werner (Golay & al. 1993) |
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1995 | |
Cerastes vipera chebbiensis Fourmy & Jooris |
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Israel,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Sudan,
Tunisia,
Western Sahara.
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Cerastes vipera
© Henrik Bringsøe
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