词条 | Echis pyramidum leakeyi |
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| name = Echis pyramidum leakeyi | genus = Echis | species = pyramidum | subspecies = leakeyi | authority = Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969 | synonyms = * Echis carinatus leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
}} 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] EtymologyThe specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.[6] Geographic rangeE. 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
References1. ^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. ^1 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
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