Echis carinatus

Echis carinatus
Echis carinatus in Mangaon, (Maharashtra, India)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Echis
Species:
E. carinatus
Binomial name
Echis carinatus
(Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • [Pseudoboa] Carinata Schneider, 1801
  • Boa Horatta
    Shaw, 1802
  • Scytale bizonatus
    Daudin, 1803
  • [Vipera (Echis)] carinata
    — Merrem, 1820
  • [Echis] zic zac
    Gray, 1825
  • Boa horatta
    — Gray, 1825
  • Echis carinata
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Vipera echis
    Schlegel, 1837
  • Echis (Echis) carinata
    — Gray, 1849
  • Echis ziczic
    Gray, 1849
  • V[ipera]. noratta
    Jerdon, 1854
  • V[ipera (Echis)]. carinata
    — Jan, 1859
  • Vipera (Echis) superciliosa
    Jan, 1859
  • E[chis]. superciliosa
    — Jan, 1863
  • Vipera Echis Carinata
    — Higgins, 1873
  • Echis carinatus
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Echis carinata var. nigrosincta
    Ingoldby, 1923 (nomen nudum)
  • Echis carinatus carinatus
    — Constable, 1949
  • Echis carinatus
    — Mertens, 1969
  • Echis carinatus
    — Latifi, 1978
  • Echis [(Echis)] carinatus carinatus
    — Cherlin, 1990
  • Echis carinata carinata
    — Das, 1996

Echis carinatus, known as the saw-scaled viper,[2] Indian saw-scaled viper, little Indian viper,[3] and by other common names, is a viper species found in parts of the Middle East and Central Asia, and especially the Indian subcontinent. It is the smallest member of the "big four" Indian snakes that are responsible for causing the most snakebite cases and deaths, due to various factors including their frequent occurrence in highly populated regions, and their inconspicuous nature.[4] Like all vipers, the species is venomous. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[5]

  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Echis carinatus antivenoms Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine at Munich Antivenom Index Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 13 September 2006.
  4. ^ Whitaker Z (1990). Snakeman. London: Penguin Books Ltd. 192 pp. ISBN 0-14-014308-4.
  5. ^ "Echis carinatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2006.