West Africa Carpet Viper

Carinatus stemmler papenfuß westafrikanische augenfleck sandrasselotter f.

West africa carpet viper.

Black necked spitting cobra naja nigricollis. Carinatus westafrikanische sandrasselotter f zool. They have a characteristic threat display rubbing sections of their body together to produce a sizzling warning sound. Although not a large snake 300 500mm.

The west african carpet viper has a distinctive threat display which involves rubbing its coils together to create a loud sizzling sound. This carpet viper stands as the most dangerous snake in nigeria. West african carpet viper echis ocellatus syn. It is responsible for more human fatalities due to snakebite than all other african species combined.

Mozambique spitting cobra naja mossambica. This snake accounts for 69 of snake bite related death in nigeria causing over 1 450 deaths nationwide. The west african carpet viper also known as the ocellated carpet viper echis ocellatus is a venomous serpent endemic to the countries of west africa is responsible highest number of snakebite related fatalities in africa. Monovalent antivenom is effective and should be administered.

An antivenom called echitab plus icp is manufactured by the costa rican instituto clodomiro. Puff adder bitis arietans. Snouted cobra naja annulifera. West african carpet viper echis ocellatus syn.

Burton s carpet viper is the name given to echis coloratus or painted saw scaled viper of eastern egypt palestine syria and israel. Rinkhals hemachatus haemachatus. West african carpet viper echis ocellatus. Echis ocellatus known by the common names west african carpet viper and ocellated carpet viper is a highly venomous species of viper endemic to west africa no subspecies are currently recognized.

The west african carpet viper is the most dangerous snake in africa responsible for more serious snakebites and deaths than any other species and it is a strong candidate for the title of most dangerous snake in the world. The name echis is the latin transliteration of the greek word for viper ἔχις. White bellied carpet viper echis leucogaster. The west african carpet viper s venom is potently cytotoxic causing severe pain swelling blistering and in many cases severe tissue damage.

A sidewinder it lifts its upper body braces its head and pulls the remaining coils along without touching the ground at an angle. This is typically a desert species. The ocellated carpet viper or echis ocellatus inhabits the countries of senegal gambia and gulf of guinea in the african continent. 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.

Black mamba dendroaspis polylepis.