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Echis hughesi

Echis hughesi

Scientific classification

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

Binomial name

Echis hughesi
Cherlin, 1990

Synonyms

Echis [(Toxicoa)] hughesi - Cerlin, 1990
Echis hughesi - Golay et al., 1993^[1]

Common names: Hughes' carpet viper, Somali carpet viper,^[2] Hughes' saw-scaled viper.^[3]

Echis hughesi is a venomous viper species found in only in Somalia.^[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.^[4]

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1 Description
2 Geographic range
3 See also
4 References

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.^[2]

Geographic range

Northern Somalia, in northern Migiurtinia, near Meledin. The type locality is listed as "Somalia, 10^o02' [N lat.], 49^o [E long.]."^[1] 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.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c McDiarmid 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).
^ ^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.
^ Echis Hughesi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed 2 August 2007.
^ Echis hughesi (TSN 634969). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 1 August 2006.
^ Regions of Somalia at Statoids.com: Administrative Divisions of Countries. Accessed 2 August 2007.