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2. Arabian Horned Viper The Arabian horned viper (Cerastes gasperettii) is a venomous snake that inhabits the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula, including Saudi Arabia and Oman.
The spider-tailed horned viper’s tail tip is a marvel of evolution. While the snake is born with a regular tail, it undergoes remarkable changes as the viper matures.
Blue pit vipers are some of the rarest of their species, according to the outlet. This isn't the first – or last – walk on the wild side for customs officers in India.
The unfortunate nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) was a young female that stretched about 2 inches longer than the centipede (7.9 vs. 6 inches, or 20.3 vs. 15.4 centimeters), the researchers ...
The Persian horned viper, or Pseudocerastes persicus, found in the Zurbatia mountains of Iraq. Photos from Basheer M. Al-Taei's video via Al-Sheikhly, Ahmed, Ararat, Abdulzahra, Böhme and ...
It was the first sighting of a spider-tailed horned viper in the 20th century, and its morphology was so bizarre that it wasn’t until 35 years later, in 2003, that the tail, which looks ...