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

Country: Iraq, Kuwait

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

Elapids

Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance
Walterinnesia morgani X

Vipers

Cerastes spp., African desert horned vipers
Cerastes gasperetti X
Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers
Echis carinatus SE Northern Kuwait?
Macrovipera spp., Large palearctic vipers
Macrovipera lebetinus X Iraq
Montivipera spp., Asian vipers, Mountain vipers
Montivipera raddei E? possibly northeastern Iraq
Pseudocerastes spp., Persian horned vipers
Pseudocerastes fieldi SW
Pseudocerastes persicus ?+X