Pseudocerastes

Pseudocerastes persicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Pseudocerastes
Species (3): P. fieldi – P. persicus – P. urarachnoides

Name

Pseudocerastes Boulenger, 1896: 501

• Type species: Cerastes persicus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bostanchi, H., Anderson, S.C., Kami, H.G. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2006. A new species of Pseudocerastes with elaborate tail ornamentation from Western Iran (Squamata: Viperidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 57(14): 443–450. BHL Reference page. 
• Fathinia, B., Rastegar‐Pouyani, N. & Rastegar‐Pouyani, E. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of genera Eristicophis and Pseudocerastes (Ophidia, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 47(6): 673–685. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12311 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Pseudocerastes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 May 2022.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Persische Trughornviper
• English: False Horned Vipers

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