Snakes in Fujairah Deserts

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Don't know if these are true, but someone sent these photos, apparently taken by contractors working in the deserts around Fujairah.

They look like rattle-snakes. Do we have them here?

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[T.N.T]

OMFG! Never seen one!

[Brembo]

the sand looks different from what we normally see in the desert. i could be wrong though, im no expert

[root]

That was exactly my thought..the sand does not look what I've seen. But then Fujairah is slightly different from the rest of the emirates, being on the Indian Ocean coast side. Again, I hope it ain't from here...gives me the creeps!

[Ashfak]

OMG!
Can anyone lemme knw whr this is?
i love snakes

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Well, there is discussions if this is really in Fujairah, or just someone making it up.

The first fact to figure out what snake it is. Some say its rattle-snake and others claim them to be vipers. If rattle-snakes, then its not UAE, as those don't exist here. However, if vipers, then yes, they are found here.

Looking closer, it looks like the saw-scaled viper, which is even more common in Oman..and Fujairah is pretty close to Oman!

More info here: http://www.arkive.org/oman-saw-scaled-v ... omanensis/

[Brembo]

i dont like snakes lol

[root]

gives me the creeps! There goes my Oman hiking trip I was planning with friends last night!

[Mogreen]

Don't know who the photographer was but these pictures was taken near Kingman in Arizona U.S. and the snake spieces is Mojave Rattlesnake

[azi malik]

daz wat i thut... cuz i saw a documentary on this in national geo.... and they were in the U.S not fujerah

[root]

hehe...so easy to spread false news I guess!

But there are supposedly snakes like these in UAE and Oman.

[Mogreen]

Well if there is they had to be carried here from somewhere else

[azi malik]

yup there might be... and more dangerous.... whole UAE is a desert so u can compare it with a normal country having just a part in in desert and a country wid all da states in the desert... still be on the lookout and stay safe