Levant viper

Scientific Name: Vipera lebetina

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Size: Average 1 meter, maximum 1.5 meters.

Appearance: Gray to pale brown with large dark brown spots on the top of the black and has a mark on top of the head.

Type of Venom:  Its venom is hemotoxic.

Nature: It is a strong snake with an irritable disposition; it hisses loudly when ready to strike.

Distribution: Greece, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Afghanistan, lower portion of the former USSR, and Saudi Arabia.

Habitat: Varies greatly, from farmlands to mountainous areas.

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Side Line:

• This viper belongs to a large group of true vipers. Like its cousins, it is large and dangerous.

• Many deaths have been reported from bites of this species.