Description

Echis Pyramidum Venom | Northeast African Carpet Viper Venom:

Echis Pyramidum Venom | Northeast African Carpet Viper Venom is extracted from a snake called Echis Pyramidum.

More details about Echis Pyramidum Venom | Northeast African Carpet Viper Venom:

Purity	> 99 %
Form	Lyophilized Powder
Packaging	In vacuum sealed glass vials, in secured parcel.

Taxonomic Classification:

Name	Echis Pyramidum
Common Name(s)	Northeast African Carpet Viper, Egyptian Saw-Scaled Viper, Egyptian Carpet Viper, Geoffroy’s Carpet Viper.
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Family	Viperidae
Genus	Echis
Species	E. pyramidum

About Notechis Ater Serventyi Snake:

Echis pyramidum is a species of venomous viper endemic to Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

This species, along with the closely related Echis ocellatus (both of the Carpet viper species) cause the most cases of snakebite deaths in the world.

Etymology:

The specific name, pyramidum, refers to the Egyptian pyramids.

Description:

The average total length (body + tail) is 30–60 cm (12–24 in) with a maximum total length of 85 cm (33 in) (possibly slightly more).

Geographic range:

In northeastern Africa it occurs in northern Egypt, central Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and northern Kenya.

There are also scattered populations in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula in western Saudi Arabia (south of the 18^th parallel), Yemen, South Yemen (in Hadhramaut), and in Oman.