Echis carinatus sinhaleyus

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Echis
Species:
E. carinatus
Subspecies:
E. c. sinhaleyus
Trinomial name
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
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]

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.