The Spider-tailed horned viper, the world’s most evolved viper
This film introduces some of the behavioural aspects of the spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes Urarachnoides). This type of viper was first discovered in 2006 in Iran by Hamid Bostanchi and Prof. Steven C. Anderson. From 2006 to 2012 not a single image of it in nature was registered and this film’s production team in 2012 managed to capture this viper’s image in its natural habitat. The unique feature of this viper is the spider-shaped excrescence at the end of its tail which makes it the most evolved viper type of the planet earth. No other viper in the world has a tail structure as evolved as this one. This viper, using its tail like a puppet master, hunts insect eating birds.
Director: Fathollah Amiri
Producer: Dr. Mohammad Ala
Researcher: Dr. Behzad Fathinia
Photography: Mahmoud Mansouri - Nima Asgari - Mehdi Noormohammadi
Editor: Majid Mohammad Doust
Sound: Farzad Jafarian
Original Music: Babak Mirzakhani
Aerial Photographer: Morteza Shahriari
Executive Producer: Wildlife Pictures Institut
Years of Production: 2012-2018
Duration: 39 minutes
