The species is native to the Arabian Peninsula[3] and north to Palestine (region), Iraq, and Iran.

It is very similar in appearance to C. cerastes, but the geographic ranges of these two species do not overlap.

[7] The specific name, gasperettii, is in honor of John Gasperetti, an American surveyor, engineer, and herpetologist, who collected the holotype specimen.

[2][11] In the Arabian Peninsula C. gasperettii has been found in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

[3] The preferred natural habitats of C. gasperetti are desert and shrubland, at altitudes up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).