Sahara Sand Viper
Cerastes vipera
Reptilia
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-15 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Desert
- Range
- North Africa
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Rare
About
The Sahara sand viper, Cerastes vipera, is a venomous snake that lives in the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. It can survive in temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius and is one of the few venomous snakes in the world that can tolerate that heat.
Life cycle
- 1.hatchlingA miniature snake emerges from the egg or from its mother (live-bearers), already venomous or strong-coiled in some species.
- 2.juvenileA juvenile sheds its skin, grows quickly, and hunts smaller prey than the adults.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult length and pattern.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Cerastes
- Species
- Cerastes vipera