Echis megalocephalus CHERLIN, 1990
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Viperinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Large-headed Carpet Viper, Cherlin's Saw-scaled Viper |
Synonym | Echis megalocephalus CHERLIN 1990 Echis megalocephalus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 379 Echis megalocephalus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 620 Echis megalocephalus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 256 |
Distribution | Eritrea (Dahhlah); Indian Ocean Islands Type locality: "Ostrov na yuge Krasnovo morya" [Islands in southern Red Sea]. Borkin and Cherlin 1995: 136 [English summary] noted that the type-locality "seems to be restricted to Nokra Island (Dakhlak Archipelago, the Red Sea, Ethiopia)." McDiarmid et al. 1999 interpret this as a clarification of the type-locality, not a restriction in the nomenclatural sense. The type locality could be Hanish el Kebir, 13°45'N, 42°45'E) or one of the Dakhlak islands (UJ). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZISP (ZIL) 19430.1. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Venomous! Not listed by WELCH 1994. Synonymy: Maybe synonymous with E. pyramidum (fide G. Nilson in MCDIARMID et al. 1999). Conservation: one of the 30 most endangered viper species (Maritz et al. 2016). |
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