Tiny Carpet Viper

They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound.

Tiny carpet viper.

Find high quality carpet viper stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. 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. This is typically a desert species. 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.

From wikipedia the free encyclopedia echis common names. Download premium images you can t get anywhere else. 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.

On the arabian peninsula it has been recorded from saudi arabia yemen and oman. 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. It is found in the middle east in sinai israel and jordan. We can find this 2 feet snake in western africa.

Actually its venom reacts slowly but it causes big damages.