Hello folks. I'm a snake fan myself but I request a bit of help. I want to insure my friends are aware of some of the venomous animals in the Sinai specifically. We plan on taking a trip there. Can someone be kind enough as to name a few elapids indigenous there?
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Elapids in the Sinai Peninsula
skum2747
Dec 12, 2007 05:15 PM
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Phobos
Feb 20, 2008 03:19 PM
I think Walterinnesia aegyptia is the only elapid....
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WW
Feb 21, 2008 05:22 AM
>>I think Walterinnesia aegyptia is the only elapid....
Correct, Naja haje (Egytian cobra) is not found there.. They'd be very lucky to see a Walterinnesia. The vipers Echis coloratus or Cerastes cerastes or C. vipera would be the most likely venomous snakes to be encountered.
Cheers,
WW
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Phobos
Mar 17, 2008 08:57 PM
I was there for a week in June 2005 and did not see any snakes at all 
It is one of the most barren regions I've seen.
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