Echis pyramidum

Echis pyramidum

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: Echis pyramidum
Subspecies: E. p. aliaborri – E. p. leakeyi – E. p. lucidus – E. p. pyramidum

Name

Echis pyramidum (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Synonyms

• Scytale pyramidum Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1827: 152
• Echis varia Reuss 1834
• Echis carinatus pyramidum - Ionides & Pitman, 1965
• Echis carinatus pyramidum — Harding & Welch, 1980
• Echis varius darevskii Cherlin, 1990
• Echis arenicola — fide David & Ineich 1999
• Echis pyramidum — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 380
• Echis carinatus pyramidum — Khan, 2002 (pers. comm.)
• Echis pyramidum aliaborri Drewes & Sacherer, 1974
• Echis carinatus aliaborri Drewes & Sacherer, 1974
• Echis pyramidum aliaborri — Cherlin, 1983
• Echis varia aliaborri — Cherlin, 1990
• Echis pyramidum aliaborri — Golay et al., 1993: 272
• Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
• Echis carinatus leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
• Echis carinatus leakeyi — Drewes, 1972
• Echis pyramidum leakeyi — Okuda, 2001

References

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Echis pyramidum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 May 2019.
• Joger, U., Geniez, P., Crochet, P-A. & Baha El Din, S. 2010. IUCN: Echis pyramidum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178401A7539376. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178401A7539376.en

Vernacular names

English: North-East African Carpet Viper