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Burton’s carpet viper

Echis coloratus Günther, 1878

Status not recordedsnakes

The burton’s carpet viper (Echis coloratus) is a species in the family Viperidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 88 g, reach 60.9 cm in length and live up to 20.1 years.

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Quick facts about the burton’s carpet viper

Weight
88 g
Length
60.9 cm
Lifespan
20.1 years
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
28.3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
desert, shrubland
Egg incubation
43 days
Young per litter or clutch
7
Litters or clutches a year
0.75
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the burton’s carpet viper?

BURTON’S CARPET VIPER · LENGTH 60.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 60.9 cm, the recorded maximum length of the burton’s carpet viper is about 36% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the burton’s carpet viper live?

Not recorded

Is the burton’s carpet viper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the burton’s carpet viper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyViperidae
  6. genusEchis
  7. SpeciesEchis coloratus Günther, 1878

Synonyms Echis froenata, Echis froenatus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Burton’s saw-scaled viperEnglish
  • Holy-land saw-scaled viper [terraesanctae]English
  • Palestine saw-scaled viperEnglish
  • Arabische SandrasselotterGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the burton’s carpet viper

Other species in the same genus Echis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the burton’s carpet viper?

An adult burton’s carpet viper weighs 88 g and measures 60.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the burton’s carpet viper live?

The burton’s carpet viper has a recorded lifespan of 20.1 years.

What kind of animal is the burton’s carpet viper?

The burton’s carpet viper (Echis coloratus) belongs to the family Viperidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Burton’s carpet viper (Echis coloratus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/burtons-carpet-viper

MLA

“Burton’s carpet viper (Echis coloratus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/burtons-carpet-viper.

BibTeX
@misc{burtons_carpet_viper_2026,
  title = {Burton’s carpet viper (Echis coloratus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/burtons-carpet-viper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}