Echis carinatus sinhaleyus

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Class:	Reptilia;
Order:	Squamata;
Suborder:	Serpentes;
Family:	Viperidae;
Subfamily:	Viperinae;
Genus:	Echis;
Species:	E. carinatus;
Subspecies:	E. c. sinhaleyus;
Trinomial name
	Echis carinatus sinhaleyus; Deraniyagala, 1951
Synonyms
	Echis carinatus sinhaleyus - Deraniyagala, 1951; Echis carinata sinhaleyus - Deraniyagala, 1955; Echis [(Echis)] carinatus sinhaleyus - Cherlin, 1990; E[chis]. c[arinatus]. sinhalensis - Auffenberg & Rehman, 1991; Echis carinatus sinhaleyus - Golay et al., 1993;

Common names: (none).

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies^[2] endemic to Sri Lanka.^[3]

Geographic range

Sri Lanka.^[3] The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).^[1]

↑ ^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).
↑ Echis carinatus sinhaleyus (TSN 635286). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 1 August 2006.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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.