Roman's Carpet Viper

About

Roman's Carpet Viper (Echis romani) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 14 more. Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Niger
• Nigeria

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

• Tropical Rainforest
• Tropical Moist Forest
• Tropical Lowland Forest
• Evergreen Forest
• Dry Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Scrub Forest
• Thorn Forest
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Wet Savanna
• Semi-Desert
• Sand Dunes
• Sandy Soil
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna
• Sahel Shrubland

Related snakes

• Joger's Saw-scaled Viper Echis jogeri
• Palestine Saw-scaled Viper Echis coloratus
• Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper Echis pyramidum
• Khosatzki’s Saw-scaled Viper Echis khosatzkii
• Large-headed Carpet Viper Echis megalocephalus
• Hughes' Saw-scaled Viper Echis hughesi
• Saw-scaled Viper Echis carinatus
• African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus
• Oman saw-scaled viper Echis omanensis
• Roman's Saw-scaled Viper Echis leucogaster
• Borkin's Viper Echis borkini