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'''''Echidna atricaudata''''' is a scientific name proposed by A.-M.-C. Duméril, Bibron & A.-H.-A. Duméril in 1854. It was used to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in the deserts of [[North Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.</ref>
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'''''Echidna atricaudata''''' is a scientific name proposed by A.-M.-C. Duméril, Bibron & A.-H.-A. Duméril in 1854. It was used to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in the deserts of [[North Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:
* [[Cerastes cerastes]] - (Linnaeus, 1758) - Desert horned viper.
* [[Cerastes vipera]] - (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sahara sand viper.
 
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Echidna atricaudata is a scientific name proposed by A.-M.-C. Duméril, Bibron & A.-H.-A. Duméril in 1854. It was used to describe a venomous viper found in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:

  • Developing Article Cerastes cerastes: A venomous member of the genus Cerastes, native to the deserts of Northern Africa and parts of the Middle East. [e]
  • Developing Article Cerastes vipera: A venomous member of the genus Cerastes, found in the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. [e]