| Echis pyramidum leakeyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Echis |
| Species: | E. pyramidum |
| Subspecies: | E. p. leakeyi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969 | |
| Synonyms | |
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- Common names: Kenyan carpet viper, Leakey's saw-scaled viper.
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to northern East Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.
Geographic range
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.
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, ca. 3,300 ft).
References
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 3 August 2007.
- Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- "Echis pyramidum leakeyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 August 2006.
- ^ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
- E. p. leakeyi @ Tomáš Mazuch.
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops Herpetological Data Center. 478 pp.
- Stemmler O, Sochurek E. 1969. Die Sandrasselotter von Kenya: Echis carinatus leakeyi subsp. nov.
Aquaterra 6 (8): 89–94.
External links
- Echis pyramidum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 August 2007.
- Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969 at Tomáš Mazuch. Accessed 24 November 2007.
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| Echis pyramidum leakeyi | |