Oman Carpet Viper

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

Oman carpet viper.

Finding a carpet viper. This is typically a desert species. Until recently treated as a local variant of the painted carpet viper echis coloratus the oman carpet viper is endemic to northern oman and northeastern uae. During an abseil the expedition team.

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. Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper more. Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species endemic to the middle east and egypt. Tony phelps oman saw scaled carpet viper echis omanensis in habitat al wadi bih musundam plateau oman.

No subspecies are currently recognized. Male oman carpet viper echis omanensis at the cliff site wadi al helo sharjah uae. This was the third target species of the trip and to find it required a trip to eastern sharjah into the rocky mountains around wadi al helo. Follow steve backshall to oman where he plans to drop nearly 1 300 feet into the deepest canyon in southern arabia.

Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. Oman saw scaled viper echis omanensis babocsay or the carpet viper echis carinatus is a colourful heavy bodied and short ish. The snake feeds on. It gives live birth instead of laying eggs.