Also known as the Saharan horned viper or African desert horned viper, the carnivorous species' diet consists primarily of small rodents and lizards, which it ambushes from hiding spots beneath ...

THE horned desert viper’s ability to hunt at night has always puzzled biologists. Though it lies with its head buried in the sand, it can strike with great precision as soon as prey appears.

The pocket-sized book lists the critters to watch out for in order of the danger of their bites and stings: the saw-scaled viper, Egyptian cobra, puff adder, horned desert viper, leventine viper ...

From Saharan horned vipers to horned adders, let's dive into all different types of horned snakes. The desert horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) lives in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa ...