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: | |
| Subspecies: | E. p. leakeyi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Echis pyramidum leakeyi | |
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Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] endemic to northern East Africa.[5]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.[6]
Geographic range
[edit]Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.[5][7]
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).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.