Echis pyramidum leakeyi

Echis pyramidum leakeyi

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Viperinae
Genus:	Echis
Species:	E. pyramidum
Subspecies:	E. p. leakeyi

Trinomial name

Echis pyramidum leakeyi
Stemmler & Sockurek, 1969

Synonyms

Echis carinatus leakeyi - Stemmler & Sockurek, 1969
Echis p[yramidum]. leakeyi - Sockurek, 1983
Echis [(Toxicoa)] pyramidum leakeyi - Sockurek, 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] found only in northwestern Kenya.^[5]

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Geographic range

Northwestern Kenya.^[5] 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).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex. Accessed 3 August 2007.
^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
^ Echis pyramidum leakeyi (TSN 635241). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 4 August 2006.
^ ^a ^b 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.