Carpet Viper (Echis romani) Envenoming in Nigeria: Ecology, Venom Pathophysiology, Clinical Burden and Health-System Determinants
The carpet viper (Echis romani, recently separated from E. ocellatus) accounts for at least 66% of confirmed snakebite envenomings in the Nigerian savanna. Despite this, continental hazard modeling ranks it second in Nigeria. It is smaller and not necessarily more venomous per bite than the puff adder (Bitis arietans)...