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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: African Saw-scaled Viper, West African carpet viper
G: Westafrikanische Augenfleck-Sandrasselotter 
SynonymEchis carinatus ocellatus STEMMLER 1970
Echis carinatus pyramidum — PAPENFUSS 1969
Echis ocellatus — WELCH 1994: 57
Echis ocellatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 379
Echis ocellatus — PADIAL 2006
Echis ocellatus — POOK et al. 2009
Echis ocellatus — LIVIGNI 2013: 405
Echis ocellatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 256 
DistributionBurkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea (Conakry), Gambia, Niger

Type locality: "Haute Volta, Garango, 048 N, 033 W" [Burkina Faso].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMBA 17692 (given as "MBS: 17692" in original description), formerly MNHN-RA 1965.0091, paratypes: MNHN-RA 1965.0035, MNHN-RA 1965.0064, MNHN-RA 1965.0070-71. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1032 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! Most common cause for snake-bite mortality in Senegal (Trape et al. 2001)

Distribution: see map in Trape 2018: 31 (Fig. 15). Populations from Cameroon, Chad, CAR have been assigned to E. romani (Trape 2018). 
EtymologyFrom lat. ocellus = diminuitive of oculus: eye; with ocellated patches. 
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