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Echis hughesi CHERLIN, 1990

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hughes' Saw-scaled Viper 
SynonymEchis hughesi CHERLIN 1990
Echis hughesi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 378
Echis hughesi — DOBIEY & VOGEL 2007
Echis hughesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 255 
DistributionSomalia

Type locality: "Somalia, 10°02' [N lat.], 49° [E long.]."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1931.7.20.405 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1191 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Not listed by WELCH 1994.

Synonymy: Maybe synonymous with E. pyramidum (fide G. Nilson in MCDIARMID et al. 1999). 
EtymologyNamed after Barry Hughes, British herpetologist who worked at the Department of Zoology, University of Ghana. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cherlin V A; Borkin L J 1990. Taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). 1. An analysis of the history of study and synonymy. TRUDY ZOOLOGICHESKOGO INSTITUTA 207: 175-192, 234.
  • Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 pp. - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Phelps, T. 2010. Old World Vipers. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 558 pp. [critical review in Sauria 33 (3): 19 and HR 43: 503]
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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