Echis carinatus astolae

Taxobox
name = "Echis carinatus astolae"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Echis"
species = "E. carinatus"
subspecies = "E. c. astolae"
trinomial = "Echis carinatus astolae"
trinomial_authority = Mertens, 1970
synonyms = * "Echis carinatus astolae" - Mertens, 1970
* "Echis sochureki astolae" - Cherlin, 1983
* "Echis" [("Turanechis")] " sochureki astolae" - Cherlin, 1990
* "Echis carinata astolae" - Das, 1996McDiarmid 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: Astola saw-scaled viper. [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/sawscaledviper.htm Saw-scaled Viper, ...] at [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan] , Accessed 3 August 2006.] ""Echis carinatus astolae" is a venomous viper subspeciesITIS|ID=635288|taxon="Echis carinatus astolae"|year=2006|date=3 August] endemic to Astola Island off the coast of Pakistan.

Description

The color pattern consists of a series of dark brown dorsal blotches on a whitish background, laterally 1-3 rows of dark brown spots with no light arcs. On the head, there is a three-pronged, light mark directed towards the snout. From the temporals, a light lateral line meets at frontal region, giving a branch to the snout.

Geographic range

Found only on Astola Island, off the coast of Makran, Pakistan. The type locality is therefore the same: "Insel Astola, Makrankuste, West-Pakistan" [Astola Island (25^o 07'N; 63^o 51'E) off the Makran coast, Pakistan] .

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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