Carpet Viper
Pictures

Carpet Viper, Echis carinatus carinatus, in India. They have short tails and earth tone coloration.

Sochurek'sCarpet Viper, Echis carinatus sochureki in the Desert National Park. These snakes have a small, pear-shaped head on a narrow neck, a short round snout and round, large eyes.

Sochurek's Carpet Viper, in the Desert National Park. They are not large snakes, and even the largest species, such as the white-bellied carpet viper don’t grow more than 3 feet in length.

Palestine Carpet Viper (Echis coloratus) from Oman. The scales on the snake’s side are angled at 45 degrees and are serrated.

A juvenile Carpet viper lying coiled.