Oman Carpet Viper

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 carpet viper.

Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. Daniel heuclin ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus captive from mauritania to cameroon. No subspecies are currently recognized. The snake feeds on.

Follow steve backshall to oman where he plans to drop nearly 1 300 feet into the deepest canyon in southern arabia. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. It gives live birth instead of laying eggs. Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper more.

Male oman carpet viper echis omanensis at the cliff site wadi al helo sharjah uae. 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. Oman saw scaled viper echis omanensis babocsay or the carpet viper echis carinatus is a colourful heavy bodied and short ish.

The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent. This is typically a desert species. Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species endemic to the middle east and egypt. 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.