Echis pyramidum aliaborri

Taxobox
name = "Echis pyramidum aliaborri"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Viperinae
genus = "Echis"
species = "E. pyramidum"
subspecies = "E. p. aliaborri"
trinomial = "Echis pyramidum aliaborri"
trinomial_authority = Drews & Sacherer, 1974
synonyms = * "Echis carinatus aliaborri" - Drews & Sacherer, 1974
* "Echis p" ["yramidum"] . "aliaborri" - Cherlin, 1983
* "Echis" [("Toxicoa")] "varia aliaborri" - Cherlin, 1990
* "Echis pyramidum aliaborri" - 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: red carpet viper,Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.] Kenyan carpet viper. [http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/indication/ECHIS_PYRAMIDUM.html "Echis pyramidum"] at [http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/ Munich AntiVenom INdex] . Accessed 3 August 2007.] ""Echis pyramidum aliaborri" is a venomous viper subspeciesITIS|ID=635242|taxon="Echis pyramidum aliaborri"|year=2006|date=4 August] found only in northern Kenya.

Description

Known for their relatively large supraocular scales and characteristic orange-red color.Spawls S, Howell K, Drewes R, Ashe J. 2004. A Field Guide To The Reptiles Of East Africa. A & C Black Publishers Ltd., London. 543 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6817-2.]

Geographic range

Northern Kenya.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.] The type locality is described as "approximately 8 km north of Wajir Town, Wajir District, Kenya."

ee also

* List of viperine species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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