Infraspecies details

Accepted scientific name:

Echis coloratus GÃœNTHER 1878 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Echis colorata GÃœNTHER 1878 (ambiguous synonym)

Echis froenata DUMÉRIL BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 1449 (synonym)

Echis froenatus CHERLIN & BORKIN 1990 (ambiguous synonym)

Infraspecies:

Echis coloratus subsp. coloratus GÃœNTHER 1878

Echis coloratus subsp. terraesanctae BABOCSAY 2003

Common name:

Arabische Sandrasselotter German

Classification:

Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Reptilia

Order Squamata

Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea = Caenophidia)

Family Viperidae

Genus Echis

Distribution:

Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Sinai

Additional data:

Venomous! Erroneously reported from Socotra. See distribution map in Babocsay (2003). May be confused with Echis omanensis BABOCSAY 2004. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.84 (coloratus) Holotype: HUJ-R 8926 (terraesanctae) Subspecies: Echis coloratus coloratus GÃœNTHER 1878 Echis coloratus terraesanctae BABOCSAY 2003

Source database:

EMBL Reptile Database, Nov 2005

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Uetz P.

Online resource:

http://srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000/...


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