Cerastes vipera buries in the sand leaving only its snout and eyes above the surface. Upon the approach of a lizard, it protrudes its distinctively marked tail above the surface and wriggles it ...

The researchers collected naturally shed snakeskin from three sidewinding snakes: the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), native to the U.S. and Mexico, and two North African snakes, the ...