Carpet Viper Range

This is typically a desert species.

Carpet viper range.

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. Map indicating the distribution of the west african carpet viper echis ocellatus in africa this is a savanna species. 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.

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. Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις. On the arabian peninsula it has been recorded from saudi arabia yemen and oman.

It is very common in its range and accounts for many snakebites and fatalities a year. Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper palestine saw scaled viper arabian saw scaled viper mid east saw scaled viper. The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent.