Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Viperinae Higher classification Echis pyramidum Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Viperidae Genus Echis Phylum Chordata Rank Subspecies | |
Similar Echis pyramidum, Echis, Vipers, Snake, Echis ocellatus | ||
Saw scaled viper echis pyramidum leakeyi
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to northern East Africa.
Contents
- Saw scaled viper echis pyramidum leakeyi
- Echis pyramidum leakeyi lake baringo
- Etymology
- Geographic range
- References
Echis pyramidum leakeyi lake baringo
Etymology
The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.
Geographic range
E. p. leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.
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).
References
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