Echis hughesi

Taxobox
name = "Echis hughesi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Echis"
species = "E. hughesi"
binomial = "Echis hughesi"
binomial_authority = Cherlin, 1990
synonyms = * "Echis" [("Toxicoa")] "hughesi" - Cerlin, 1990
* "Echis hughesi" - Golay et al., 1993McDiarmid 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).] :"Common names: Hughes' carpet viper, Somali carpet viper,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.] Hughes' saw-scaled viper.NRDB species|genus=Echis|species=Hughesi|date=2 August|year=2007] ""Echis hughesi" is a venomous viper species found in only in Somalia. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634969|taxon="Echis hughesi"|year=2006|date=1 August]

Description

Grows to about 21-32 cm in length. The head scalation is similar to that of "E. pyramidum". Midbody, there are 24-25 dorsal scales. The ventrals number 144-149 and the subcaudals 28-30. The color pattern varies, but generally consists of a series of pale, oblique, dorsal blotches set against a darker ground color.

Geographic range

Northern Somalia, in northern Migiurtinia, near Meledin. The type locality is listed as "Somalia, 10^o02' [N lat.] , 49^o [E long.] ." Migiurtinia was the name of a region, or "gobolka", in Somalia that is currently known as Bari and occupies about 70.000 km² of the tip of the Horn of Africa. [http://www.statoids.com/uso.html Regions of Somalia] at [http://www.statoids.com/ Statoids.com: Administrative Divisions of Countries] . Accessed 2 August 2007.]

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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