Iranian Spider Tailed Viper

Admittedly i was rooting for the bird but apparently it didn t hear me yelling stay away it s a trap. The spider tailed horned viper is a species of viper a venomous snake in the family viperidae.

The Spider Tailed Horned Viper Pseudocerastes Urarachnoi Flickr

When steven anderson first examined a specimen of the iranian spider tailed viper he of course noticed the arachnid shaped lump on the dead snake s tail.

Iranian spider tailed viper. The tail tip is waved around and used to lure insectivorous birds to within strikin. The rare iranian spider tailed viper pseudocerastes urarachnoides waggles a fake spider actually a fleshy lure with leg like scales at the tip of its tail to tempt birds within striking. The head looks very similar to that of other pseudocerastes species in the region but the spider tailed horned viper has a unique tail that has a bulb like end that is bordered by long drooping scales that give it the appearance of a spider.

In this case a bird. The species is endemic to western iran and was originally described in 2006. This is a video of an iranian spider tailed viper which has an arachnid like caudal structure that it moves to mimic the appearance of a spider and attract prey.

The spider tailed viper was first originally identified in west of iran in 2006 and there is no report on registration of this kind of species in any other places across the world. It was 1970 and the herpetologist was at the field museum in chicago examining what the museum assumed to be a persian horned viper a snake common throughout the middle east. The viper first waves its tail as if a spider is moving then hunts any kinds of species which wants to attack the so called spider.

July 11 2020 17 5 tehran spider tailed horned vipers unique species of viper endemic to western iran being pushed toward extinction through poaching was spotted in the western province of kermanshah the provincial department of environment chief has announced.

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