horned viper
noun
: a venomous viper (Cerastes cerastes synonym C. cornutus) of North Africa and the Middle East having a horny process over each eye
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Spider-tailed horned viper photo by Omid Mozaffari (video and more information here).
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2014
The Saharan horned viper and the sidewinding adder of the Namib desert — which are closely related — have belly scales with uniform pits and no spikes.
—New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2014
The Saharan horned viper and the sidewinding adder of the Namib desert — which are closely related — have belly scales with uniform pits and no spikes.
—New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
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