Stümpel, Nikolaus;Joger, Ulrich
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderCardiida
- FamilyViperidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded3,383
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Viperidae
- Collections
- ZMUC, OMNH, AMNH, MNHN, UTA, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Malawi, Angola, Tunisie
Research
230 papers- "Cerastes snake venom as a promising approach in the management of complete Freund's adjuvant-induced rheumatoid arthritis in rats: Involvement of RANKL and JAK/STAT pathway".Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2023
- Cerastes cerastes snakebite complicated by coagulopathy and cardiotoxicity with electrocardiographic changes.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2020
- Therapeutic potentials of Cerastes cerastes venom: A comprehensive review of bioactive molecules and biomedical applications.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2026
- Therapeutic outcome of quercetin nanoparticles on Cerastes cerastes venom-induced hepatorenal toxicity: a preclinical study.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2023
- Myotoxicity induced by Cerastes cerastes venom: Beneficial effect of heparin in skeletal muscle tissue regeneration.Acta tropica · 2020
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Cerastes
- Commons category
- Cerastes
- topic's main category
- Category:Cerastes
- Commons gallery
- Cerastes
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cerastes is a genus of small vipers found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran. Three species are recognized as being valid by ITIS and the Reptile Database. Common names for members the genus include horned vipers, North African desert vipers, and cerastes vipers.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cerastes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.