What temperature do desert horned vipers live in?

Saharan horned vipers generally prefer cooler temperatures, with annual averages of 20°C or lower, and are usually found in altitudes of up to 1500m.

Found throughout the Sahara in Northern Africa, C. cerastes inhabits a variety of habitats within the desert, including rock hills, sandy deserts, and wadis. Members of this species can sometimes be found in dunes, and are rarely found on rock pavement and gravel plains.

Their habitat ranges from densely-wooded, sea-level forests, to streamside vegetation in moist lowlands and foothills to wooded cloud and montane forests. They primarily inhabit shrubbery, vine tangles, low branches of trees and palms. Vipers use their sense of smell to find mates.

In venom glands, adult specimens of horned viper have 10-45 mg of venom, and one bite can excrete as much as 20 mg of venom, which can be a lethal dose for a healthy adult, especially children, and chronically ill patients.

Vipers are a group of snakes in the family Viperidae that inhabit all continents except Australia and Antarctica, and are found in nearly all terrestrial ecosystems, from deserts to moist tropical forests.

Venom yields vary, with ranges of 19–27 mg to 100 mg of dried venom being reported. For venom toxicity, Brown (1973) gives LD ₅₀ values of 0.4 mg/kg IV and 3.0 mg/kg SC. An estimated lethal dose for humans is 40–50 mg.

They leave one, two, or three puncture marks on the skin, but you won't always see any marks. Symptoms of a pit viper snakebite usually appear within a few minutes to a few hours after a bite and may include: Severe, immediate pain with rapid swelling. Bruising of the skin.

Cobras are venomous snakes related to taipans, coral snakes, and mambas, all members of the Elapidae family. Snakes in this family cannot fold their fangs down, as vipers can, so the fangs are generally shorter. They kill their prey by injecting venom through their fangs.

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After extensive surveys WCS believes the snake survives only in a small degraded forest habitat in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. The total range is much less than 100 sq kms and the habitat is still in decline, meaning the species is critically endangered.

A sharp upright scale above each eye resembles a horn. The desert horned viper moves swiftly across the loose sand by sidewinding, throwing oblique loops first with its top half and then with its lower half. With its sharp-edged scales it can shuffle into the sand with amazing speed, burying itself up to the eyes.

They are oviparous and lay their eggs, usually 10, up to 16, in abandoned holes, where they hatch after 6 to 8 weeks. Cerastes cerastes is a typical desert snake and thus as adjusted to life in hot dry areas. The Horned viper moves side-ways over the losse sand, the so-calles side-winding.

The 364 species of Viperidae are grouped into 35 genera that belong to three subfamilies: Viperinae known as true vipers has 101 species, Azemiopinae with two species, and the most diverse, Crotalinae known as pit vipers with 261 species.

Among the oviparous (egg-laying) pit vipers are Lachesis, Calloselasma, and some Trimeresurus species. All egg-laying crotalines are believed to guard their eggs.

Like many species of snake, they are born small, brown, and sometimes mottled, but at some point in their life, they begin to develop patterns and colour, ranging from green and blue, to brown and yellow, even vivid red and purple.

These snakes favor dry, sandy areas with sparse rock outcroppings, and tend to avoid coarse sand. Occasionally they are found around oases, and up to an altitude of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). Cooler temperatures, with annual averages of 20 °C (68 °F) or less, are preferred.

The small horns that stud the heads of many viper species may play a role in camouflage, suggesting they evolved as a result of the varying environments the snakes inhabit.

This snake primarily feeds on lizards but also takes the occasional mammal (like rodents) or birds. Horned vipers are ambush predators. The creatures hide in the sand near rocks or under vegetation.

The white-lipped island pit viper, also known as a blue viper gets its nickname for their bright blue-green scales. The blue subspecies we have here at the zoo, are native to Komodo island in Indonesia. The 'blue viper' is venomous, and uses this venom to weaken its prey!

All Snake Bites should be evaluated by a trained medical professional, as early as possible. Failure to obtain prompt evaluation and appropriate treatment may result in severe complications and/or death. DO NOT WAIT! Call 911 (within the US) or your local emergency number immediately, if you experienced a Snake Bite.

The rhinoceros snake gets its name from the scaly "horn" on the tip of its snout. In rare instances, a rhinoceros snake will keep its steel gray, subadult coloring rather than turning the typical blue-green.

The last known case was that of a 16-year-old boy who nearly died of a bite after stealing two of the snakes from the National Zoo in Washington in 1983. Marlin Perkins, who was the host of television's ''Wild Kingdom'' program for many years and who died in 1986, was one person who survived a bite by a Gaboon viper.

Signs or symptoms of a snake bite may vary depending on the type of snake, but may include: Puncture marks at the wound. Redness, swelling, bruising, bleeding, or blistering around the bite. Severe pain and tenderness at the site of the bite.

The majority of pure neurotoxic envenomations (NEs) are inflicted during sleep by the kraits. The bite is often painless, and it is not rare to find the patients dead in the morning. Mortality is rare with viper bites that cause hemotoxic envenomation (HE) and occur mostly during activity and daytime.

King cobras may be best known as the species of choice for the snake charmers of South Asia. Although cobras can hear, they are actually deaf to ambient noises, sensing ground vibrations instead.

Baby cobras are as venomous as the elder ones. But it takes them few days for it to learn how to bite. The newly hatched cobra cannot bite you. If incase it has bitten you don't take lightly.