Echis pyramidum leakeyi

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Echis pyramidum leakeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: E. pyramidum
Subspecies: E. p. leakeyi
Trinomial name
Echis pyramidum leakeyi
Stemmler & Sockurek, 1969
Synonyms
  • Echis carinatus leakeyi - Stemmler & Sockurek, 1969
  • Echis p[yramidum]. leakeyi - Sockurek, 1983
  • Echis [(Toxicoa)] pyramidum leakeyi - Sockurek, 1990
  • Echis pyramidum leakeyi - Golay et al., 1993[1]
Common names: Kenyan carpet viper,[2] Leakey's saw-scaled viper.[3]

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] found only in northwestern Kenya.[5]

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[edit] Geographic range

Northwestern Kenya.[5] 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]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex. Accessed 3 August 2007.
  3. ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  4. ^ Echis pyramidum leakeyi (TSN 635241). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 4 August 2006.
  5. ^ 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.

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