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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[1]
Common names: Sri Lankan saw-scaled viper.[2]

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies[3] endemic to Sri Lanka.[4]

Geographic range

Sri Lanka.[4] The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).[1]

See also

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. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Somaweera A. 2007. Checklist of the Snakes of Sri Lanka. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. PDF at Sri Lanka Reptile. Accessed 14 March 2007.
  3. ^ Echis carinatus sinhaleyus (TSN 635286). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 1 August 2006.
  4. ^ 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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