Cerastes boehmei

Cerastes boehmei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Cerastes
Species: Cerastes boehmei

Name

Cerastes boehmei Wagner & Wilms, 2010: 300

• Holotype: ZFMK 58054, ♀, collected by T. Holtmann in 1991.
• Type locality: “Tunisia, SW Remada, east of Djebel National Park, close to the road midway between Beni Kadeche (Bani Kheddache)and Ksar el Hallouf”.

References

Primary references

• Wagner, P. & Wilms, T.M. 2010. A crowned devil: new species of Cerastes Laurenti, 1768 (Ophidia, Viperidae) from Tunisia, with two nomenclatural comments. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 57(2): 297–306. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cerastes boehmei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Böhme's Horned Viper