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One of the reptiles that can be seen in
the Egypt's desert areas the sand vipers. This reptile is also
known as the Avicenna sand viper, the common sand viper, the
Sahara sand viper, the Cleopatra's asp, the Egyptian asp and so
on. The sand vipers have a length of 20-35 centimeters but some
of them can have even 50 centimeters. The males are no as large
as the females. The head of this viper is broad, triangular, the
viper eyes are small and placed on the junction of the top and
of the side of his head. The sand vipers have rows of spots of
darker brown color. The sand viper is stout, small, being an
authentic desert viper. The areas where this viper can be seen
are the deserts of Sinai Peninsula and in the North Africa
deserts. The Sahara's windblown dunes are also the beautiful
sand viper dwell. There are hornless Cerastes vipera and
horned cerastes, both being venomous viper species (a hemotoxic
venous) without any subspecies known. The horned sand viper is
more resistant in the terrarium than the hornless sand viper.
During the day, when the sun burns in desert, the sand viper
buries itself in sand. In the night, the reptile comes out to
eat; the invertebrates, the lizards, the small mouse and other
rodents that can be found in desert, constitute the sand viper
diet. The horned sand viper is a very poisonous snake that can
strike more than just once, a reason for what the people are
very afraid of it. The sound made by the sand viper is like the
“F” letter”; the ancient Egyptians, used the horned sand viper
as hieroglyph when they wrote the sound word. “Viper” in Egypt
is represented by the word “fy”. |
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