Taxonomy Profile: Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus 1758)

Cerastes cerastes: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Coluber cerastes
Linnaeus 1758
Common Name(s):
Desert Horned Viper []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cerastes cerastes: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Viperidae
Pit Vipers |
Vipers |
Subfamily : Viperinae
Genus : Cerastes
Species : Cerastes cerastes
Desert Horned Viper |
Cerastes cerastes Direct Children(s):
Cerastes cerastes hoofieni
(Werner Sivan Kushnir and Motro in Joger 1999)
Cerastes cerastes: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Cerastes cerastes
Source(s):
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Cerastes cerastes
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Cerastes cerastes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Werner, Yehudah L., Naomi Sivan, Vered Kushnir, and Uzi Motro
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-08-15 / 1999-08-15
Article/Chapter Title:
A Statistical Approach to Variation in Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae), with the Description of Two Endemic Subspecies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Kaupia, vol. 8
Page(s):
83-97
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0941-8482
Notes:
Reference for:
Cerastes cerastes
Cerastes cerastes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cerastes cerastes: Comments