sand viper

sand viper

n 1. (Animals) a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back 2. (Animals) another name for horned viper

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sand viper - highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eyecerastes, Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viperviper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jawAspis, genus Aspis, genus Cerastes - horned vipers
	2.	sand viper - harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbedhognose snake, puff addercolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakesgenus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes