spider-tailed horned viper

English

Video of a spider-tailed horned viper using its tail as a lure to catch a bird

Noun

spider-tailed horned viper (plural spider-tailed horned vipers)

1. Pseudocerastes urarachnoides, a species of viper snake with a tail shaped like a spider, which it uses to lure its prey.

References

• spider-tailed horned viper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pseudocerastes urarachnoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pseudocerastes urarachnoides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• spider-tailed horned viper at iNaturalist