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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]  
 
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found only in northwestern Kenya.[4]

Geographic range

Found only in northwestern Kenya.[4] 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]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex
  3. Echis pyramidum leakeyi (TSN 635241) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 14 April 2007.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.

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