This is typically a desert species.
Carpet viper habitat.
Incredibly for a snake with a relatively small range it is along with the puff adder often cited as being responsible for the highest number of snakebite related fatalities in africa.
It can live up to 20 to 30 years.
On the arabian peninsula it has been recorded from saudi arabia yemen and oman.
The west african carpet viper is the most dangerous snake in africa responsible for more serious snakebites and deaths than any other species and it is a strong candidate for the title of most dangerous snake in the world.
Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel.
The snake occupies savannah and lava desert habitats.
The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις.
The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent.
Saw scaled vipers carpet vipers is a genus of venomous vipers found in the dry regions of africa the middle east india sri lanka and pakistan.
West african carpet viper echis ocellatus.
Tony phelps oman saw scaled carpet viper echis omanensis in habitat al wadi bih musundam plateau oman.
Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper palestine saw scaled viper arabian saw scaled viper mid east saw scaled viper.
Daniel heuclin ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus captive from mauritania to cameroon.
Saw scaled viper genus echis any of eight species of small venomous snakes family viperidae that inhabit arid regions and dry savannas north of the equator across africa arabia and southwestern asia to india and sri lanka they are characterized by a stout body with a pear shaped head that is distinct from the neck vertically elliptical pupils rough and strongly keeled scales and a.
The saw scaled viper might be small but it s one of the deadliest reptiles in the world.
In ethiopia the snake occupies the southwestern region of lake stephanie.
Carpet python have the average age similar to the burmese python.
It is found in the middle east in sinai israel and jordan.
Also known as the ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus the west african carpet viper is endemic to the countries of west africa.
The kenya red carpet viper has a dark colouration with large eyes.
Kenyan carpet viper echis pyramidum leakeyi the kenyan carpet viper is venomous snake endemic to northern kenya and ethiopia.
