Macrovipera
Macrovipera is a genus of venomous vipers, found in semi-deserts of North Africa, Middle East, and Milos Archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Macrovipera are commonly known as the "Large Palearctic Vipers". The Large Palearctic Viper is responsible for many bites in Africa and western Asia each year. There are four species currently found.
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| A Milos Viper, Macrovipera schweizeri | |
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| Genus: | Macrovipera
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Description
Besides the Milos Viper, all the vipers in this group grow up to the length 1.5 meters.
Where they live
The Large Palearctic Viper lives in dry regions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunis in North Africa, east to Pakistan, Kashmir, and India, north to Milos Archipelago in the Aegean Sea, and Armenia and Dagestan in Russia.
Species
- Desert Viper, M. deserti
- Blunt-nosed Viper, M. lebetina
- Moorish Viper, M. mauritanica
- Milos Viper, M. schweizeri