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Echis pyramidum  (Geoffroy de St-Hilaire in Savigny, 1827)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634974

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Scytale pyramidum Geoffroy de St-Hilaire in Savigny, 1827
  
  Common Name(s): Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper [English]
  
    North-East African Carpet Viper [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyViperidae Oppel, 1811 – Pit Vipers, Vipers  
                                     SubfamilyViperinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusEchis Merrem, 1820  
                                           SpeciesEchis pyramidum (Geoffroy de St-Hilaire in Savigny, 1827) – Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper, North-East African Carpet Viper  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler and Sochurek, 1969  
                                              Subspecies Echis pyramidum lucidus Cherlin, 1990  
                                              Subspecies Echis pyramidum pyramidum (Geoffroy de St-Hilaire in Savigny, 1827)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Echis pyramidum    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Echis pyramidum, Egyptian Saw-scaled Viper [English], North-East African Carpet Viper [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Echis pyramidum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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