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| name = ''Echis pyramidum leakeyi'' | | name = ''Echis pyramidum leakeyi'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | | genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | ||
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'''Common names:''' Kenyan carpet viper.<ref name="Mavin">[http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/indication/ECHIS_PYRAMIDUM.html Echis pyramidum] at [http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/ Munich AntiVenom INdex]</ref> | '''Common names:''' Kenyan carpet viper.<ref name="Mavin">[http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/indication/ECHIS_PYRAMIDUM.html Echis pyramidum] at [http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/ Munich AntiVenom INdex]</ref> | ||
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'''''Echis pyramidum leakeyi''''' is a | '''''Echis pyramidum leakeyi''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635241 ''Echis pyramidum leakeyi'' (TSN 635241)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 14 April 2007.</ref> found only in northwestern Kenya.<ref name="Mal03">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.</ref> | ||
==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found only in northwestern Kenya.<ref name="Mal03"/> 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).<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=pyramidum}} | * {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=pyramidum}}. | ||
[[Category:True vipers]] | [[Category:True vipers]] | ||
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | ||
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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
- Echis pyramidum.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snakebite.
Cited references
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex
- ↑ Echis pyramidum leakeyi (TSN 635241) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 14 April 2007.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Species Echis pyramidum at the Species2000 Database.