The horns on vipers’ eyes may assist camouflage their head in rocky areas or bushes, whereas these with nostril horns could mix in higher on forest flooring
Life
2 November 2021
A horned adder photographed in Namibia Theo Busschau
The small horns that stud the heads of many viper species could play a task in camouflage, suggesting they advanced because of the various environments the snakes inhabit.
Theo Busschau and Stéphane Boissinot at New York College Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates studied whether or not horn evolution in these reptiles might be tied to environmental components by analysing the bodily options of 263 viper species to find out their evolutionary relationships to one another. Additionally they in contrast horn placement – over …
