- Vipera (Echidna) avicennae
"Vipera (Echidna) avicennae" appears in the synonymy of the following two species of venomous vipers found in the deserts of
North Africa and theMiddle East :McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.]*
Cerastes cerastes - (Linnaeus,1758 ) - Desert horned viper.
*Cerastes vipera - (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sahara sand viper.Cited references
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