Echis pyramidum leakeyi
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Common names: Kenyan carpet viper.[2]
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found only in northwestern Kenya.[4]
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[edit] Geographic range
Northwestern Kenya.[4] The type locality is "Nord-Kenya, West-Ufer des Baringo-Sees, Campi ya Samaki, ca. 1000 m. H" (North Kenya, west bank of Lake Baringo, Camp ya Samaka).[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] Cited references
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex
- ^ Echis pyramidum leakeyi (TSN 635241). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 4 August 2006.
- ^ a b Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
[edit] External links
- Species Echis pyramidum at the Species2000 Database
