false-horned vipers
Pseudocerastes
Pseudocerastes is a genus of venomous vipers endemic to the Middle East and Asia. It was originally a monotypic genus created in 1896 by Boulenger for the species Pseudocerastes persicus. Due to taxonomic revision and recent discovery, the genus may currently contain as many as three species.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Persian Horned Viper
speciesPseudocerastes persicus
Field's Horned Viper
speciesPseudocerastes fieldi
Spider-tailed Horned Viper
speciesPseudocerastes urarachnoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30991.