Echis pyramidum leakeyi
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Common names: Kenyan carpet viper.[2]
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[3] found only in northwestern Kenya.[4]
Geographic range
Found only in northwestern Kenya.[4] 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).[1]
See also
- Echis pyramidum.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snakebite.
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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex
- ↑ Echis pyramidum leakeyi (TSN 635241) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 14 April 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 pyramidum at the Species2000 Database.