Echis carinatus

Echis carinatus

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 carinatus
Subspecies (5): E. c. astolae – E. c. carinatus – E. c. sinhaleyus – E. c. sochureki – E. c. multisquamatus

Name

Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801)

Lectotype: plate 2, pp. 2–3, described and illustrated by Russell (1796). [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 254)]
Type locality: “Arni”, India.

Combinations

Pseudoboa carinata Schneider, 1801: 285 [original combination]
Vipera (Echis) carinata — Merrem, 1820: 149 [subsequent combination]
Echis carinata — Wagler, 1830: 177 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
Vipera carinata — Jan, 1859: 153 [subsequent combination]
Echis carinatus — Boulenger, 1896: 505 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]

References

Primary references

Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Friederici Frommanni: Jenae. 364 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Pook, C.E., Joger, U., Stümpel, N. & Wüster, W. 2009. When continents collide: phylogeny, historical biogeography and systematics of the medically important viper genus Echis (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 792–807. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.002 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Echis carinatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L., Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Thakur, S., Mohapatra, P., Kulkarni, N.U., Deepak, V., Egan, D.M., Els, J., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D. & Munkhbayar, K. 2021. IUCN: Echis carinatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164694A1068235. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164694A1068235.en. Accessed on 06 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gemeine Sandrasselotter
English: Saw-scaled Viper
magyar: Arab efa
Nederlands: Zaagschubadder
Türkçe: Çöl engereği

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