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Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel.
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Also known as the ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus the west african carpet viper is endemic to the countries of west africa.
They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound.
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A carpet viper may eat frogs.
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.
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The head of a carpet viper is somewhat wider than the rest of its body.
The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent.
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Scales cover the head and belly of the animal.
Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by jean gabriel pretre from bernard germain de lacepede s natural history of oviparous quadrupeds snakes fish and cetaceans eymery paris 1825.
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.
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 also flat on top with a slightly rounded snout.
The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις.
This is typically a desert species.