Saw-scaled Viper
Echis carinatus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Echis
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 11
- How common
- Common
About
Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) is a venomous viper of the family Viperidae, found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan and 6 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 37 more. Common: recorded in 254 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
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 Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Cold Desert
- Sandy Desert
- Rocky Desert
- Gravel Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Sand Dunes
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
Related snakes
- Roman's Carpet Viper Echis romani
- 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
- African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus
- Oman saw-scaled viper Echis omanensis
- Roman's Saw-scaled Viper Echis leucogaster
- Borkin's Viper Echis borkini
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.