Carpet Viper Range

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.

Carpet viper range.

Map indicating the distribution of the west african carpet viper echis ocellatus in africa this is a savanna species. This is typically a desert species. The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις. It is very common in its range and accounts for many snakebites and fatalities a 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. On the arabian peninsula it has been recorded from saudi arabia yemen and oman. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. 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.

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. The west african carpet viper is a small snake with an average total length of approximately 20 inches 1 5 feet. It is found in the middle east in sinai israel and jordan.