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Order: Squamata
Family: Viperidae
Species: Cerastes vipera  
Cat No: NRM 8907. N=1
Determiner: Herrera, C 2023 Length: Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa Country: EGYPT State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: Egypt and Sudan along the Nile
Field Number: HED-1833-NIL Leg: Hedenborg, J Date: 1833-1837

Object remarks: Sexual dimorphism: The tip of the tail in female Cerastes vipera, a small viperid snake, is black and conspicuous, whereas that of the male is not. Tesler, I., Sivan, J., Rosenstrauch, A., Horesh, S. J., Degen, A. A., & Kam, M. (2019). Sexual dichromatisation and sexual differences in hunting behavior and dietary intake in a free-ranging small viperid snake, Cerastes vipera. Behavioural processes, 168, 103960.
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