Horned viper may refer to:
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Cerastes (genus)
''Cerastes'' is a genus of small vipers found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran. Three species are currently recognized by ITIS, and an additional recently described species is recognized ...
'', North African desert vipers, a group of small, venomous species found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran
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Bitis caudalis
The horned adder (''Bitis caudalis'') is a viper species. It is found in the arid region of southwest Africa, in Angola, Botswana, Namibia; South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It is easily distinguished by the presence of a single, large horn-like scale ...
'', the horned puff adder, a venomous species found in the arid region of south-west Africa
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Vipera ammodytes
''Vipera ammodytes'', commonly known as horned viper, long-nosed viper, nose-horned viper, and sand viper,Street, D. 1979. ''The Reptiles of Northern and Central Europe''. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 268 pp. . is a species of viper found in northe ...
'', the sand viper, a venomous species found in southern Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East
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Viper (hieroglyph)
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign ...
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