sand viper

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for horned viper

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Noun	1.	sand viper - highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye cerastes, Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw Aspis, genus Aspis, genus Cerastes - horned vipers
	2.	sand viper - harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed hognose snake, puff adder colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes genus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

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Aspis cerastes Cerastes cornutus colubrid colubrid snake genus Aspis genus Cerastes genus Heterodon Heterodon hognose snake Hognosesnake horned asp horned viper puff adder reptile viper	Monitor lizards, sand vipers, fennec fox, hyrax and the ostrich, a flightless bird which have become rare, can still be found in the region. Flora and Fauna of the Sahara by Dave Text / Travel, recreation and leisure community Learn how camels survive in the hot wilderness, how the sand viper catches its prey and discover the deadliest scorpion of them all, plus loads more. FREE DK POSTER; INSIDE YOUR PAPER TODAY by The Mirror (London, England) Besides the Sand Viper and the Gabon, the eight snakes destroyed were: a 3-foot Western rattler; two 4-foot Eastern diamondback rattlers; a South Pacific rattlesnake, considered extremely rare; one King snake; a gopher snake; and two copperheads. PET SNAKE KILLS ASPIRING ZOO KEEPER by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)	Sand runner sand sage Sand saucer Sand screw sand sedge sand shark sand shrimp Sand skink Sand skipper Sand smelt sand snake Sand snipe sand sole sand spurry Sand star sand stargazer Sand storm Sand sucker Sand swallow sand table sand tiger sand trap Sand tube sand tumor sand verbena sand viper sand wasp sand wedge sand yacht sand-blind Sand-box tree sand-cast Sand-hill crane Sandage Sandakan sandal Sandaled Sandaliform sandalled sandalwood sandalwood family Sandalwood Island sandalwood tree sandarac sandarac tree Sandarach sandbag Sandbagger sandbank sandbar sandbar shark	sand stream sand strip Sand sucker Sand swallow sand table Sand Table Exercise sand tables sand tiger sand tiger Sand tiger shark Sand tiger shark Sand tigers Sand tigers Sand timer Sand timer Sand timer Sand timers Sand timers Sand timers sand toe sand toe sand toe sand trap sand trap Sand tube sand tumor sand tumor sand tumor sand twin leaf sand verbena sand viper Sand wasp sand wasps sand wave sand wedge sand wedge sand wedge sand wedges sand wedges sand wheel Sand worm Sand worm Sand Wormwood Sand yacht sand yachts Sand, George Sand, George Sand, George Sand, Slag and Crucible Sand-bath Sand-bath Sand-Blasted, Large Grit, Acid-Etched Sand-blasting sand-blind Sand-box Sand-box Sand-box tree sand-cast sand-cast sand-casting sand-casting

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Aspis
cerastes
Cerastes cornutus
colubrid
colubrid snake
genus Aspis
genus Cerastes
genus Heterodon
Heterodon
hognose snake
Hognosesnake
horned asp
horned viper
puff adder
reptile
viper

Monitor lizards, sand vipers, fennec fox, hyrax and the ostrich, a flightless bird which have become rare, can still be found in the region.

Flora and Fauna of the Sahara by Dave Text / Travel, recreation and leisure community

Learn how camels survive in the hot wilderness, how the sand viper catches its prey and discover the deadliest scorpion of them all, plus loads more.

FREE DK POSTER; INSIDE YOUR PAPER TODAY by The Mirror (London, England)

Besides the Sand Viper and the Gabon, the eight snakes destroyed were: a 3-foot Western rattler; two 4-foot Eastern diamondback rattlers; a South Pacific rattlesnake, considered extremely rare; one King snake; a gopher snake; and two copperheads.

PET SNAKE KILLS ASPIRING ZOO KEEPER by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)