Oman Carpet Viper

They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound.

Oman carpet viper. The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent. Follow steve backshall to oman where he plans to drop nearly 1 300 feet into the deepest canyon in southern arabia. 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. 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 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. Daniel heuclin ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus captive from mauritania to cameroon. Painted saw scaled viper painted carpet viper burton s carpet viper more.

No subspecies are currently recognized. Finding a carpet viper. Tony phelps oman saw scaled carpet viper echis omanensis in habitat al wadi bih musundam plateau oman. 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.

Oman saw scaled viper echis omanensis found in the united arab emirates displaying defensive behaviour. Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species endemic to the middle east and egypt. Male oman carpet viper echis omanensis at the cliff site wadi al helo sharjah uae. This is typically a desert species.