Oman Carpet Viper

During an abseil the expedition team.

Oman carpet viper.

Oman saw scaled viper echis omanensis babocsay or the carpet viper echis carinatus is a colourful heavy bodied and short ish. Daniel heuclin ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus captive from mauritania to cameroon. 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. Oman saw scaled viper echis omanensis found in the united arab emirates displaying defensive behaviour.

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. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper more. 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.

Finding a carpet viper. Tony phelps oman saw scaled carpet viper echis omanensis in habitat al wadi bih musundam plateau oman. The snake feeds on. This is typically a desert species.

It gives live birth instead of laying eggs. Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. No subspecies are currently recognized. Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species endemic to the middle east and egypt.