Cerastes gasperettii

Taxonavigation

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

Cerastes gasperettii Leviton & Anderson, 1967

Holotype: CAS 97826, ♂, collected by John Gasperetti in 23 August 1964.
Type locality: “Beda Azan [23°41’ N., 53°28’ E.], Abu Dhabi [Abū Zaby],” United Arab Emirates.

Cerastes cerastes gasperettii Leviton & Anderson, 1967: 183 [original combination, as subspecies]
Cerastes gasperettii — Werner, le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991: 98 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Leviton, A.E. & Anderson, S.C. 1967. Survey of the reptiles of the Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi, Arabian Peninsula. Part II. Systematic account of the collection of reptiles made in the Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi by John Gasperetti. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th Series 35(9): 157–192. 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.
Carné, A., Fathinia, B. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the Arabian Horned Viper, Cerastes gasperettii (Serpentes: Viperidae) in the Middle East. Zoology in the Middle East 66(1): 13–20. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2020.1711622 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cerastes gasperettii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 May 2022.
Egan, D.M., Amr, Z.S.S., Al Johany, A.M.H., Els, J., Papenfuss, T., Nilson, G., Sadek, R., Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Werner, Y.L. & Anderson, S. 2012. IUCN: Cerastes gasperettii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164599A1060588. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164599A1060588.en. Accessed on 20 May 2022.