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| name = ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus''
| name = ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus''
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Echis]]''
| genus = ''[[Echis]]''
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| subspecies = '''''E. c. sinhaleyus'''''
| subspecies = '''''E. c. sinhaleyus'''''
| trinomial = ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus''
| trinomial = ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus''
| trinomial_authority = Deraniyagala, [[1951]]
| trinomial_authority = Deraniyagala, 1951
| synonyms = * ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus'' - Deraniyagala, 1951
| synonyms = * ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus'' - Deraniyagala, 1951
* ''Echis carinata sinhaleyus'' - Deraniyagala, 1955
* ''Echis carinata sinhaleyus'' - Deraniyagala, 1955
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'''Common names:''' (none).
'''Common names:''' (none).
 
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'''''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[subspecies]]<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=635286|taxon=Echis carinatus sinhaleyus|year=2006|date=1 August}}</ref> endemic to [[Sri Lanka]].<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>
'''''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635286 ''Echis carinatus sinhaleyus'' (TSN 635286)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 8 April 2007.</ref> endemic to Sri Lanka.<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==
[[Sri Lanka]].<ref name="Mal03"/> The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).<ref name="McD99"/>
Found only in Sri Lanka.<ref name="Mal03"/> The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).<ref name="McD99"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=carinatus}}
* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=carinatus}}.


[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]

Revision as of 06:52, 9 April 2007

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: E. carinatus
Subspecies: E. c. sinhaleyus
Trinomial name
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Deraniyagala, 1951
Synonyms
  • Echis carinatus sinhaleyus - Deraniyagala, 1951
  • Echis carinata sinhaleyus - Deraniyagala, 1955
  • Echis [(Echis)] carinatus sinhaleyus - Cherlin, 1990
  • E[chis]. c[arinatus]. sinhalensis - Auffenberg & Rehman, 1991
  • Echis carinatus sinhaleyus - Golay et al., 1993[1]

Common names: (none).  
 
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies[2] endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]

Geographic range

Found only in Sri Lanka.[3] The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).[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. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. Echis carinatus sinhaleyus (TSN 635286) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 8 April 2007.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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