The Spider-Tailed Horned Viper of Iran: A Remarkable Predator of the Zagros
Few animals illustrate the extraordinary creativity of evolution as vividly as Iran’s Spider-Tailed Horned Viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides). Hidden among the rocky landscapes of the western Zagros Mountains, this venomous snake possesses one of the most remarkable hunting adaptations known in any snake: the end of its tail is transformed into an extraordinary structure that closely…