Echis carinatus sinhaleyus

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: E. carinatus
Subspecies: E. c. sinhaleyus
Trinomial name
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Deraniyagala, 1951
Synonyms
  • Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951
  • Echis carinata sinhaleyus
    Deraniyagala, 1955
  • Echis [(Echis)] carinatus sinhaleyus Cherlin, 1990
  • E[chis]. c[arinatus]. sinhalensis
    Auffenberg & Rehman, 1991
  • Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
    Golay et al., 1993[1]

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies[2] endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]

Common Names

Sri Lankan saw-scaled viper.[4]

Known as vali polanga(වැලි පොලඟා)[5] (can also be spelt as veli polanga) by the Sinhala speaking community. The vernacular name veli polanga translates as "sand viper".

Geographic range

It is found in Sri Lanka.[3]

The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Echis carinatus sinhaleyus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  3. 1 2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  4. Somaweera A. 2007. Checklist of the Snakes of Sri Lanka. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. PDF at Sri Lanka Reptile. Accessed 14 March 2007.
  5. Checklists of the Snakes of Sri Lanka at the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society. Accessed 15 August 2007.

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