Cerastes

The herpetofauna includes black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis, African puff adder Bitis arietans, west African sand boa Eryx muelleri, sand viper Cerastes cerastes, desert monitor lizard Varanus griseus and various species of gecko.

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

Common reptiles in the ecoregion include the horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) and desert varan (Varanus griseus).

North Saharan steppe and woodlands 2008

Then they immediately swoop down to pick them and the Cerastes suddenly twines round them and encircles and devours them.

Sigh. WMAM. 2008

Cerastes serpens dictus eo quod in capite cornua habet similia arietum, cerusta Greci cornua dicunt.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Cerastes serpens dictus, eo quod in capite cornua habeat similia arietum; KERATA enim Graeci cornua vocant: sunt autem illi quadrigemina cornicula, quorum ostentatione, veluti esca, inlice sollicitata animalia perimit.

Sigh. WMAM. 2008

Then they immediately swoop down to pick them and the Cerastes suddenly twines round them and encircles and devours them.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Cerastes serpens dictus, eo quod in capite cornua habeat similia arietum; KERATA enim Graeci cornua vocant: sunt autem illi quadrigemina cornicula, quorum ostentatione, veluti esca, inlice sollicitata animalia perimit.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

Indigenous reptiles include grey monitor lizard Varanus griseus, spiny-tailed lizard, Uromastix thomasi, venomous horned viper Cerastes cerastes and carpet viper Echis coloratus, hooded malpolon Malpolon moilensis, sandsnake Psammophis schokari and cat snake Telescopus dhara.

Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman 2008

Cerastes serpens dictus eo quod in capite cornua habet similia arietum, cerusta Greci cornua dicunt.

Sigh. WMAM. 2008

Storckes, Oistruthes, and many kindes of serpentes, as Cerastes, and Aspides, against whom nature hath matched the Ichneumon (a verie little beast) as a mortall enemie.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004