Echis hughesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: Echis hughesi

Holotype: BMNH 1931.7.20.405, ♀, collected by R. Taylor in 1931.

Type locality: “Somalia, 10°02’N, 49°E”.

Cherlin, V.A. 1990. Таксономическая ревизия змей рода Echis (Viperidae). II. Анализ таксономии и описание новых форм [Taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). II. An analysis of taxonomy and description of new forms] (in Russian). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Science 207: 193–223. Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Echis hughesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2019.
Joger, U. 2010. IUCN: Echis hughesi (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178258A7508706. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178258A7508706.en

English: Hughes' Saw-scaled Viper

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