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  1. Terrestrial snakes
  2. North Africa, Near and Middle East
  3. Distribution

Country: Egypt

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

Elapids

Naja sp., African cobras
Naja haje X North and along the Nile
Naja nubiae C+S Along the Nile
Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance
Walterinnesia aegyptia NE Sinai Peninsula only

Vipers

Atractaspis spp., Mole vipers
Atractaspis engaddensis X Sinai Peninsula only
Cerastes spp., African desert horned vipers
Cerastes cerastes X
Cerastes vipera X
Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers
Echis coloratus E
Echis pyramidum X
Pseudocerastes spp., Persian horned vipers
Pseudocerastes fieldi NE Sinai Peninsula only