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词条 Echis pyramidum leakeyi
释义

  1. Etymology

  2. Geographic range

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. Further reading

  6. External links

{{Italic title}}{{subspeciesbox
| name = Echis pyramidum leakeyi
| genus = Echis
| species = pyramidum
| subspecies = leakeyi
| authority = Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
| synonyms = * Echis carinatus leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
  • Echis p[yramidum]. leakeyi
    — Sochurek, 1983
  • Echis [(Toxicoa)] pyramidum leakeyi — Sochurek, 1990
  • Echis pyramidum leakeyi
    — Golay et al., 1993[1]

}}

Common names: Kenyan carpet viper,[2] Leakey's saw-scaled viper.[3]

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] endemic to northern East Africa.[5]

Etymology

The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.[6]

Geographic range

E. p. 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]

See also

  • List of viperine species and subspecies
  • {{c|Viperinae by common name}}
  • {{c|Viperinae by taxonomic synonyms}}
  • Snakebite

References

1. ^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).
2. ^Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 3 August 2007.
3. ^Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. {{ISBN|0-8069-6460-X}}.
4. ^{{ITIS |id=635241 |taxon=Echis pyramidum leakeyi |accessdate=4 August 2006}}
5. ^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}}.
6. ^E. p. leakeyi @ Tomáš Mazuch.
7. ^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

  • {{NRDB species|genus=Echis|species=pyramidum|date=3 August|year=2007}}
  • {{Mazuch|page=Monografie_Echis_pyramidum_leakeyi|subject=Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969|date=24 November|year=2007}}
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