West Africa Carpet Viper

A sidewinder it lifts its upper body braces its head and pulls the remaining coils along without touching the ground at an angle.

West africa carpet viper.

Carinatus westafrikanische sandrasselotter f zool. Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. Puff adder bitis arietans. The west african carpet viper s venom is potently cytotoxic causing severe pain swelling blistering and in many cases severe tissue damage.

Black mamba dendroaspis polylepis. This is typically a desert species. West african carpet viper echis ocellatus. Snouted cobra naja annulifera.

The west african carpet viper is the most dangerous snake in africa responsible for more serious snakebites and deaths than any other species and it is a strong candidate for the title of most dangerous snake in the world. It is responsible for more human fatalities due to snakebite than all other african species combined. 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. West african carpet viper primarily nocturnal the west african carpet viper echis ocellatus is 1 to 2 feet long with speckled light to dark brown dorsal scales and a light colored belly.

Carinatus stemmler papenfuß westafrikanische augenfleck sandrasselotter f. West african carpet viper echis ocellatus syn. The west african carpet viper also known as the ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus is a venomous serpent endemic to the countries of west africa is responsible highest number of snakebite related fatalities in africa. Black necked spitting cobra naja nigricollis.

This carpet viper stands as the most dangerous snake in nigeria. The cape cobra naja nivea is found across southern africa favoring dry areas including desert and arid savannah regions. White bellied carpet viper echis leucogaster. Ariadne van zandbergen getty images.

Mozambique spitting cobra naja mossambica. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. West african carpet viper echis ocellatus syn. Although not a large snake 300 500mm.

Echis ocellatus known by the common names west african carpet viper and ocellated carpet viper is a highly venomous species of viper endemic to west africa no subspecies are currently recognized. The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις. The west african carpet viper has a distinctive threat display which involves rubbing its coils together to create a loud sizzling sound. This snake accounts for 69 of snake bite related death in nigeria causing over 1 450 deaths nationwide.

The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent.