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'''''Vipera echis''''' is a scientific name proposed by Schlegel in 1837. It was used to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in the deserts of [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]] and the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.</ref> | '''''Vipera echis''''' is a scientific name proposed by Schlegel in 1837. It was used to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in the deserts of [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]] and the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.</ref> | ||
* [[Echis carinatus]] - ([[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], | * [[Echis carinatus]] - ([[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], 1801) - Indian saw-scaled viper. | ||
* [[Echis pyramidum]] - ([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], | * [[Echis pyramidum]] - ([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], 1827) - Northeast African saw-scaled viper. | ||
==Cited references== | ==Cited references== | ||
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Vipera echis is a scientific name proposed by Schlegel in 1837. It was used to describe a venomous viper found in the deserts of North Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:[1]
- Echis carinatus - (Schneider, 1801) - Indian saw-scaled viper.
- Echis pyramidum - (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) - Northeast African saw-scaled viper.
Cited references
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.