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{{Taxobox | {{Taxobox | ||
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| name = ''Echis carinatus multisquamatus'' | | name = ''Echis carinatus multisquamatus'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake (animal)|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | | genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | ||
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'''Common names:''' multiscale saw-scaled viper, transcaspian saw-scaled viper.<ref name="WOP">[http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/sawscaledviper.htm Saw-scaled Viper, ...] at [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan], Accessed 3 August 2006.</ref> | '''Common names:''' multiscale saw-scaled viper, transcaspian saw-scaled viper.<ref name="WOP">[http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/sawscaledviper.htm Saw-scaled Viper, ...] at [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan], Accessed 3 August 2006.</ref> | ||
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'''''Echis carinatus multisquamatus''''' is a | '''''Echis carinatus multisquamatus''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635289 ''Echis carinatus multisquamatus'' (TSN 635289)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 8 April 2007.</ref> found in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
From | From Uzbekistan, south to Iran and east to western Pakistan.<ref name="Mal03"/> | ||
The [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan] website describes the range as from the | The [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan] website describes the range as from the Caspian Sea through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent) into Tajikistan, along the Afghan border up to Hindukush, northeastern Balochistan, North-West Frontier Province and eastern Iran.<ref name="WOP"/> | ||
The | The type locality is listed as "Bairam-Ali, Mariskaya oblast, Turkmeniya" (Bairam-Ali, Mariskaya district, Turkmenia).<ref name="McD99"/> | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of viperine species and subspecies]] | * ''[[Echis carinatus]]''. | ||
*[[ | * [[List of viperine species and subspecies]]. | ||
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]]. | |||
* [[:Category:True vipers - Synonymy|True vipers - Synonymy]]. | |||
* [[Snake (animal)bite]]. | |||
==Cited references== | ==Cited references== | ||
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== External links == | ==External links== | ||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=carinatus}}.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] | |||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=carinatus}} | |||
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Common names: multiscale saw-scaled viper, transcaspian saw-scaled viper.[2]
Echis carinatus multisquamatus is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Description
Grows to 38-80 cm in length, but usually no more than 60 cm.[4]
Head mark always cross-shaped; lateral white line continuous undulating; narrow transverse white bands on middorsum; 34-40 midbody dorsal scale counts (highest of all subspecies); ventrals 169-199 (highest of all subspecies).[2]
Geographic range
From Uzbekistan, south to Iran and east to western Pakistan.[4]
The Wildlife of Pakistan website describes the range as from the Caspian Sea through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent) into Tajikistan, along the Afghan border up to Hindukush, northeastern Balochistan, North-West Frontier Province and eastern Iran.[2]
The type locality is listed as "Bairam-Ali, Mariskaya oblast, Turkmeniya" (Bairam-Ali, Mariskaya district, Turkmenia).[1]
Taxonomy
Described as a separate species, E. multisquamatus, by Mallow et al. (2003).[4]
See also
- Echis carinatus.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snake (animal)bite.
Cited references
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Saw-scaled Viper, ... at Wildlife of Pakistan, Accessed 3 August 2006.
- ↑ Echis carinatus multisquamatus (TSN 635289) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 8 April 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
- Species Echis carinatus at the Species2000 Database.