Carpet Viper Bite

Echis pyramidum is a species of venomous viper endemic to northeast africa and the arabian peninsula three subspecies are currently recognized including the nominate subspecies described here.

Carpet viper bite.

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. 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. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις.

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. It is typically very venomous so a bite can often be fatal. Northeast african carpet viper egyptian saw scaled viper more. A bite by the ocellated carpet viper of the african savannahs is very dangerous and can even cause hemorrhaging.

This species along with the closely related echis ocellatus both of the carpet viper species cause the most cases of. We can find this 2 feet snake in western africa. Its bite causes more than 20 000 deaths of agricultural workers per year.