Summary[edit] Description: English: Echis carinatus Saw-scaled vipers are relatively small snakes. The head is relatively small and is short, wide, pear-shaped and distinct from the neck. The snout is short and rounded, while the eyes are relatively large and the body is moderately slender and cylindrical. Date: 12 January 2018, 16:47:17. Source: Own work. Author: Aakash Deshmukh.
Subadult from Dubai, UAE.I stepped within a few inches of this individual and was alerted to its presence by its a defensive noise created by the rubbing of its heavily keeled scales.