Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Trape, Jean-François, Abstract. - We, Youssouph Mané, Africa, West & Known, Niger., 2015, The snakes of Niger, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 110) 9 (2), pp. 39-55 : 48

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13270330

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scientific name

Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Material: Three specimens.

Locality: Aborah (2), Iférouane (1).

Literature records: Dungas, Nguigmi ( Pellegrin 1909, as Cerastes cornutus ); Agadez, Kaouar, Chirfa, Djado ( Angel and Lhote 1938); Agadez, Dabaga, Oued In Kakane near In Gall, Kori Tessouba ( Villiers 1950a, Papenfuss 1969); Agadez ( Villiers 1950b); 120 km SE of Arlit ( Joger 1981); Aïr, Tamesna ( Kriska 2001); Termit ( Ineich et al. 2014). See also Trape and Mané (2006b) and Sindaco et al. (2013).

Remark: The Iférouane specimen had no “horns.”

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Cerastes

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