Echis carinatus

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: Echis carinatus
Subspecies (5): E. c. astolae – E. c. carinatus – E. c. sinhaleyus – E. c. sochureki – E. c. multisquamatus

Name

Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801)

• Lectotype: plate 2, pp. 2–3, described and illustrated by Russell (1796). [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 254)]
• Type locality: “Arni”, India.

Combinations

• Pseudoboa carinata Schneider, 1801: 285 [original combination]
• Vipera (Echis) carinata — Merrem, 1820: 149 [subsequent combination]
• Echis carinata — Wagler, 1830: 177 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
• Vipera carinata — Jan, 1859: 153 [subsequent combination]
• Echis carinatus — Boulenger, 1896: 505 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Friederici Frommanni: Jenae. 364 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 carinatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
• Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L., Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Thakur, S., Mohapatra, P., Kulkarni, N.U., Deepak, V., Egan, D.M., Els, J., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Nuridjanov, D. & Munkhbayar, K. 2021. IUCN: Echis carinatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164694A1068235. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164694A1068235.en. Accessed on 06 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gemeine Sandrasselotter
English: Saw-scaled Viper
magyar: Arab efa
Nederlands: Zaagschubadder
Türkçe: Çöl engereği

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