Observation of Camel Spider (<i>Galeodes sp</i>.) and Indian Desert Gerbil (<i>Meriones hurrianae</i>) as prey of Sochurek’s Saw-Scaled Viper, <i>Echis carinatus sochureki</i> Stemmler 1969, from Rajasthan, India.

Saw-scaled Vipers (Echis spp.) are prime examples, with studies showing that species that are largely arthropod feeders are more toxic to naturally occurring prey (e.g., the Large-clawed Scorpion, Scorpio maurus) compared to other prey such as mice (Barlow et al. 2009;Richards et al. 2012).Knowledge of the natural diet, given that venom variation is especially significant in clinically important snakes, is crucial for understanding the composition of their venoms.The Sindh Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), which occurs in the deserts of northwestern India and Middle Eastern Asia as far as the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, is one taxon about which little is known of its dietary diversity.