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'''''Echis carinatus sochureki''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635287 ''Echis carinatus sochureki'' (TSN 635287)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 8 April 2007.</ref> found in [[India]], | '''''Echis carinatus sochureki''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635287 ''Echis carinatus sochureki'' (TSN 635287)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 8 April 2007.</ref> found in [[India]], Pakistan, Afghanistan, [[Iran]] and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. | ||
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Found in northern [[India]], | Found in northern [[India]], Pakistan, southern Afghanistan, south and central [[Iran]], the United Arab Emirates and Oman.<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> | ||
The [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan] website gives the range as northern India, Pakistan (except the high mountains in north), southern Afghanistan, central Iran to the coast of the Iranian Gulf and Khuzestan.<ref name="WOP"/> | The [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan] website gives the range as northern India, Pakistan (except the high mountains in north), southern Afghanistan, central Iran to the coast of the Iranian Gulf and Khuzestan.<ref name="WOP"/> | ||
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Common names: Sochurek's saw-scaled viper, eastern saw-scaled viper.[2]
Echis carinatus sochureki is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
Description
The head is covered with small scales, except for 3-4 enlarged supraoculars. Midbody there are 29-33 rows of dorsal scales. The keels of the middorsal rows are flat.[2]
The color pattern consists of a tan, grayish or brown ground color with a central series of 30 whitish (never yellowish) blotches with dark brown edges. The flanks are marked with a row of wide arcs with distinct dark spots. The belly is whitish, with dark gray flecks. The head has a light arrow mark directed towards the snout. A light loreal stripe extends towards the angle of mouth.[2]
Geographic range
Found in northern India, Pakistan, southern Afghanistan, south and central Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.[4]
The Wildlife of Pakistan website gives the range as northern India, Pakistan (except the high mountains in north), southern Afghanistan, central Iran to the coast of the Iranian Gulf and Khuzestan.[2]
The type locality is "West Pakistan, Ban Kushdil Khan bei Pishin" (Pishin, West Pakistan).[1]
Reproduction
This subspecies is oviparous.[2]
See also
- Echis carinatus.
- 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. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Saw-scaled Viper, ... at Wildlife of Pakistan, Accessed 3 August 2006.
- ↑ Echis carinatus sochureki (TSN 635287) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 8 April 2007.
- ↑ 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 carinatus at the Species2000 Database.