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| name = ''Echis pyramidum aliaborri'' | | name = ''Echis pyramidum aliaborri'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | | genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | ||
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'''Common names:''' red carpet viper,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> Kenyan carpet viper.<ref name="Mavin">[http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/indication/ECHIS_PYRAMIDUM.html Echis pyramidum] at [http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/ Munich AntiVenom INdex]</ref> | '''Common names:''' red carpet viper,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> Kenyan carpet viper.<ref name="Mavin">[http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/indication/ECHIS_PYRAMIDUM.html Echis pyramidum] at [http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/ Munich AntiVenom INdex]</ref> | ||
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'''''Echis pyramidum aliaborri''''' is a | '''''Echis pyramidum aliaborri''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635242 ''Echis pyramidum aliaborri'' (TSN 635242)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 14 April 2007.</ref> found only in northern Kenya. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found only in northern Kenya.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref> The type locality is described as "approximately 8 km north of Wajir Town, Wajir District, Kenya."<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=pyramidum}} | * {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=pyramidum}}. | ||
[[Category:True vipers]] | [[Category:True vipers]] | ||
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | ||
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Common names: red carpet viper,[2] Kenyan carpet viper.[3]
Echis pyramidum aliaborri is a venomous viper subspecies[4] found only in northern Kenya.
Description
Known for their relatively large supraocular scales and characteristic orange-red color.[5]
Geographic range
Found only in northern Kenya.[6] The type locality is described as "approximately 8 km north of Wajir Town, Wajir District, Kenya."[1]
See also
- Echis pyramidum.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snakebite.
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
- ↑ Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex
- ↑ Echis pyramidum aliaborri (TSN 635242) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 14 April 2007.
- ↑ Spawls S, Howell K, Drewes R, Ashe J. 2004. A Field Guide To The Reptiles Of East Africa. A & C Black Publishers Ltd., London. 543 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6817-2.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Species Echis pyramidum at the Species2000 Database.