Echis pyramidum leakeyi

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] endemic to northern East Africa.[5]

Echis pyramidum leakeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Echis
Species:
E. pyramidum
Subspecies:
E. p. leakeyi
Trinomial name
Echis pyramidum leakeyi
Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
Synonyms
  • Echis carinatus leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
  • Echis p[yramidum]. leakeyi
    — Sochurek, 1983
  • Echis [(Toxicoa)] pyramidum leakeyi — Sochurek, 1990
  • Echis pyramidum leakeyi
    — Golay et al., 1993[1]
Common names: Kenyan carpet viper,[2] Leakey's saw-scaled viper.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.[6]

Geographic range

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.[5][7]

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, ca. 3,300 ft).[1]

References
  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 3 August 2007.
  3. Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  4. "Echis pyramidum leakeyi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 August 2006.
  5. Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  6. E. p. leakeyi @ Tomáš Mazuch.
  7. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops Herpetological Data Center. 478 pp.
  • Stemmler O, Sochurek E. 1969. Die Sandrasselotter von Kenya: Echis carinatus leakeyi subsp. nov.
    Aquaterra     6 (8): 89-94.
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