Venomous Snakes of Jordan PDF

Keywords

Jordan, Venomous kes, Atractaspididae, Elapidae, Viperidae, distribution, diagnostic features, classification

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to study seven species of Venomous snakes belonging to three families, Atractaspididae, Elapidae and Viperidae. They are known to occur in Jordan. Up-to-date data on their distribution are provided. For each species, the study highlights diagnostic features, characteristics, habitat preference and distribution, moreover taxonomy of each family are given. Accordingly, it could be considered as complication of researches on medical awareness of snake bits accidents.