Echis

Echis carinatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species (12): E. borkini – E. carinatus – E. coloratus – E. hughesi – E. jogeri – E. leucogaster – E. khosatzkii – E. megalocephalus – E. ocellatus – E. omanensis – E. pyramidum – E. romani

Name

Echis Merrem, 1820: 149

• Type species: Pseudoboa carinata Schneider, 1801, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cherlin, V.A. 1990. Таксономическая ревизия змей рода Echis (Viperidae). II. Анализ таксономии и описание новых форм [Taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). II. An analysis of taxonomy and description of new forms] (in Russian). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Science 207: 193–223. Reference page. 
• Cherlin, V.A. & Borkin, L.J. 1990. Таксономическая ревизия змей рода Echis. I. Анализ истории изучения и синонимии [Taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). I. An analysis of the history of study and synonymy] (in Russian). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Science 207: 175–192. Reference page. 
• 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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Echis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Saw-scaled Vipers
magyar: Efa
русский: Эфы

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