Accepted scientific name:

Synonyms:

–

Common name:

Hughes' Saw-scaled Viper

Classification:

Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Reptilia

Order Squamata

Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea = Caenophidia)

Family Viperidae

Genus Echis

Distribution:

Somalia

Additional data:

Venomous! Not listed by WELCH 1994. Maybe synonymous with E. pyramidum (fide G. Nilson in MCDIARMID et al. 1999). Holotype: BMNH 1931.7.20.405

Source database:

EMBL Reptile Database, Nov 2005

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Uetz P.

Online resource:

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