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

Country: Iran

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

Elapids

Bungarus spp., Kraits
Bungarus persicus SE Baluchistan
Naja sp., Asian cobras
Naja oxiana NE
Various African and Arabian Elapids of minor medical importance
Walterinnesia morgani W

Vipers

Cerastes spp., African desert horned vipers
Cerastes gasperetti SW
Echis spp., Saw scaled vipers and Carpet vipers
Echis carinatus X except Northwest
Eristicophis macmahoni, McMahon's viper
Eristicophis macmahoni E
Macrovipera spp., Large palearctic vipers
Macrovipera lebetinus NE
Macrovipera razii C Kerman
Montivipera spp., Asian vipers, Mountain vipers
Montivipera kuhrangica C Zagros moutains
Montivipera latifi N Alborz Mountains
Montivipera raddei NW
Montivipera wagneri NW
Pseudocerastes spp., Persian horned vipers
Pseudocerastes fieldi SW
Pseudocerastes persicus X
Pseudocerastes urarachnoides W
Vipera spp., European vipers
Vipera ammodytes NW?
Vipera ebneri N

Pit Vipers

Gloydius spp., Asian pitvipers
Gloydius caucasicus N
Gloydius halys N