Carpet Viper Images

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This is typically a desert species. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. Find the perfect burtons carpet viper stock photo. Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel.

No need to register buy now. Scales cover the head and belly of the animal. This snake is usually anywhere from 14 96 to 23 62 inches 38 to 60 cm in length but can occasionally be as long as 31 5 inches 80 cm long. The head of a carpet viper is somewhat wider than the rest of its body.

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The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις. Download premium images you can t get anywhere else. It is also flat on top with a slightly rounded snout. The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent.

Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images. 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. Common european viper vipera berus berus 1 asp vipera aspis 2 and indian saw scaled viper echis carinatus 3. A carpet viper may eat frogs.

Also known as the ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus the west african carpet viper is endemic to the countries of west africa.