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VAPAGuide: Venomous & Poisonous Animals

Country: Syria

Distribution of Terrestrial Snakes in North Africa, Near and Middle East

Occurrences in
NW	the Northwest
N	the North
NE	the Northeast
W	the West
C	central areas
E	the East
SW	the Southwest
S	the South
SE	the Southeast
X	most areas
?	unclear

Literature on the distribution

Elapids

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance

Walterinnesia aegyptia

?

Vipers

Daboia spp., Oriental vipers, Orientalische Vipern

Daboia palaestinae

X

Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers

Echis coloratus

S?

Macrovipera spp., Large palearctic vipers

Macrovipera lebetinus

W

Montivipera spp., Asian vipers, Mountain vipers

Montivipera bornmuelleri

SW

Pseudocerastes spp., Persian horned vipers

Pseudocerastes fieldi	X
Pseudocerastes persicus	?+X