Cerastes vipera, common names Sahara sand viper and Avicenna viper, is a viper species endemic to the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. No subspecies are recognized as being valid. Like all other vipers, it is venomous.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Venomous. The note covers its whole family. Vipers and pit vipers; all species venomous Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cerastes gasperettii — venomous
- Cerastes cerastes — venomous
- Bitis peringueyi — venomous
- Bitis caudalis — venomous
- Crotalus cerastes — venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Cerastes
- Species
- Cerastes vipera
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