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Descriptor English: Cerastes
Descriptor Spanish: Cerastes
Descriptor Cerastes
Scope note: Género de Viperinae que se encuentra principalmente en África, Arabia e India con una característica escama córnea sobre cada ojo. El género Cerastes incluye la víbora de las arenas del Sahara (Cerastes vipera) y la víbora cornuda del desierto (Cerastes cerastes). Un crótalo del desierto, Crotalus cerastes, también tiene escamas córneas sobre los ojos, pero es una especie de la subfamilia hermana Crotalinae y se encuentra en el desierto del suroeste de Estados Unidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cerastes
Descriptor French: Cerastes
Tree number(s): B01.050.050.286.875.875.875.250
B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.875.250
B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.875.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000097189
Scope note: A genus of Viperinae found mostly in Africa, Arabia and India with characteristic horny scale over each eye. Cerastes genus includes Saharan sand viper (Cerastes vipera) and horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes). A desert sidewinder Crotalus cerastes also has horny scale over its eyes but is a species in sister subfamily Crotalinae and found in Southwest American desert.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Registry Number: txid8696
Public MeSH Note: 2024; see VIPERIDAE 1994-2023
History Note: 2024(1994)
DeCS ID: 60571
Unique ID: D000097189
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Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Cerastes - Preferred
Concept UI M0026919
Scope note A genus of Viperinae found mostly in Africa, Arabia and India with characteristic horny scale over each eye. Cerastes genus includes Saharan sand viper (Cerastes vipera) and horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes). A desert sidewinder Crotalus cerastes also has horny scale over its eyes but is a species in sister subfamily Crotalinae and found in Southwest American desert.
Preferred term Cerastes



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