Tiny Carpet Viper

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.

Tiny carpet viper.

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. On the arabian peninsula it has been recorded from saudi arabia yemen and oman. Download premium images you can t get anywhere else. Actually its venom reacts slowly but it causes big damages.

We can find this 2 feet snake in western africa. Ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus is the deadliest snake in the savannah. Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper palestine saw scaled viper arabian saw scaled viper mid east saw scaled viper. This is typically a desert species.

Its bite causes more than 20 000 deaths of agricultural workers per year. Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. It is found in the middle east in sinai israel and jordan. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound.

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.