Cerastes cerastes

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Cerastes
Species:
Subspecies (2): C. c. cerastes – C. c. hoofieni

Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758) [conserved name]

• Holotype: NHR Lin-98 (formerly MAFR), an anterior body section, presented by F. Hasselquist in 7 July 1750.
• Type locality: “Oriente”.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 661 (1963: 191).

• Coluber cerastes Linnaeus, 1758: 217 [original combination]
• Vipera cerastes — Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 [subsequent combination]
• Cerastes cerastes — Andersson, 1899 [subsequent combination]

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1963. Opinion 661. Cerastes Laurenti, 1768 (Reptilia): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(3): 191–192. BHL Reference page. 

• Werner, Y.L., Verdier, A. le, Rosenman, D. & Sivan, N. 1991. Systematics and zoogeography of Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae) in the Levant: 1, distinguishing Arabian from African “Cerastes cerastes”. The Snake 23(2): 90–100. Reference page. 
• Werner, Y.L., Sivan, N., Kushnir, V. & Motro, U. 1999. A statistical approach to variation in Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae), with the description of two endemic subspecies. Kaupia: Darmstädter Beiträge Zur Naturgeschichte 8: 83–97. Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cerastes cerastes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2022.
• Wagner, P., Wilms, T., Niagate, B., Joger, U., Geniez, P., Mateo, J.A., El Mouden, E.H., Slimani, T., Nouira, M.S., Baha El Din, S., Busais, S.M.S. & Al Jumaily, M.M. 2021. IUCN: Cerastes cerastes  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197465A2486896. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197465A2486896.en. Accessed on 19 May 2022.

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