Tiny Carpet Viper

Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper palestine saw scaled viper arabian saw scaled viper mid east saw scaled viper.

Tiny carpet viper.

From wikipedia the free encyclopedia echis common names. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. Ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus is the deadliest snake in the savannah. Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel.

Actually its venom reacts slowly but it causes big damages. One hundred and fifteen patients with poisoning caused by its bite were studied in the savanna region of nigeria where victims of this snake may occupy 10 per cent of hospital beds. Find high quality carpet viper stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. 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.

Its bite causes more than 20 000 deaths of agricultural workers per year. The saw scaled or carpet viper echis carinatus whose range extends from senegal to bengal probably bites and kills more people than any other species of snake. This is typically a desert species. During the day they prefer hiding under a rock a shrub in a hollow on a tree or in a wide enough crack.

We can find this 2 feet snake in western africa.