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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| color = pink
| name = ''Echis coloratus''
| name = ''Echis coloratus''
| image = Echis-coloratus-1.jpg
| image = Echis coloratus.jpg
| image_caption = Palestine saw-scaled viper
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake (animal)|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Echis]]''
| genus = ''[[Echis]]''
| species = '''''E. coloratus'''''
| species = '''''E. coloratus'''''
| binomial = ''Echis coloratus''
| binomial = ''Echis coloratus''
| binomial_authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], [[1878]]
| binomial_authority = Günther, 1878
| synonyms = * ''Echis froenata'' - Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
| synonyms = * ''Echis froenata'' - Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
* ''E''[''chis'']. ''carinata'' var. ''frenata'' - Jan, 1863
* ''E''[''chis'']. ''carinata'' var. ''frenata'' - Jan, 1863
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'''Common names''': painted saw-scaled viper,<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> painted carpet viper,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> Burton's carpet viper,<ref name="SB95"/> [[Echis coloratus#Common names|more]].
'''Common names''': painted saw-scaled viper,<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref> painted carpet viper,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> Burton's carpet viper,<ref name="SB95"/> [[Echis coloratus#Common names|more]].
 
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'''''Echis coloratus''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] found in the [[Middle East]] and [[Egypt]].<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634968|taxon=Echis coloratus|year=2006|date=1 August}}</ref>
'''''Echis coloratus''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in the Middle East and Egypt.<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634968 ''Echis coloratus'' (TSN 634968)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 11 April 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
[[Image:Echis-coloratus-2.jpg|left|thumb|240px|''E. coloratus''.]] Grows to a maximum length of 75 cm.<ref name="Mal03"/>
Grows to a maximum length of 75 cm.<ref name="Mal03"/>


==Common names==
==Common names==
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==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
In the [[Middle East]]: [[Sinai]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]]. On the [[Arabian Peninsula]]: [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]] and [[Oman]]. In [[Africa]]: only in southeastern [[Egypt]] east of the [[Nile]] and as far south as the 24<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font> parallel. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Jebel Shárr, at an altitude of 4500 feet ... Midian" (Saudi Arabia, 1371 m altitude).<ref name="McD99"/>
Found in the Middle East in Sinai, [[Israel]] and Jordan. On the Arabian Peninsula it is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. In Africa it occurs only in southeastern Egypt east of the Nile and as far south as the 24<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font> parallel. The type locality given is "Jebel Shárr, at an altitude of 4500 feet ... Midian" (Saudi Arabia, 1371 m altitude).<ref name="McD99"/>


==Habitat==
==Habitat==
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==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
In order to maintain nomenclatural stability, Stimson (1974) proposed that ''E. coloratus'' be validated over ''E. froenata''. The [[International Code of Zoological Nomenclature|ICZN]] subsequently gave ''coloratus'' precedence over ''froenata'' by use of its plenary powers.<ref name="McD99"/>
In order to maintain nomenclatural stability, Stimson (1974) proposed that ''E. coloratus'' be validated over ''E. froenata''. The ICZN subsequently gave ''coloratus'' precedence over ''froenata'' by use of its plenary powers.<ref name="McD99"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Synonymy|True vipers - Synonymy]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Synonymy|True vipers - Synonymy]].
* [[Snakebite]].
* [[Snake (animal)bite]].


==Cited references==
==Cited references==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons|Echis coloratus}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_-X456RJF8 Video of ''Echis coloratus'' being tease fed] YouTube, accessed 13 December 2006.
* {{YouTube|Z_-X456RJF8|Video of ''Echis coloratus'' being tease fed.}}. Accessed [[13 December]] [[2006]].
 
[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:CZ Live]]

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Echis coloratus
Palestine saw-scaled viper
Palestine saw-scaled viper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: E. coloratus
Binomial name
Echis coloratus
Günther, 1878
Synonyms
  • Echis froenata - Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • E[chis]. carinata var. frenata - Jan, 1863
  • Echis colorata - Günther, 1878
  • Echis frenata - Pfeffer, 1893
  • Echis coloratus - Boulenger, 1896
  • Echis coloratus coloratus - Cherlin, 1983
  • Echis [(Turanechis)] froenatus - Cherlin, 1990[1]

Common names: painted saw-scaled viper,[2] painted carpet viper,[3] Burton's carpet viper,[3] more.  
 
Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species found in the Middle East and Egypt.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

Description

Grows to a maximum length of 75 cm.[2]

Common names

painted saw-scaled viper,[2] painted carpet viper,[3] Burton's carpet viper,[3] Palestine saw-scaled viper,[5] Arabian saw-scaled viper, Mid-East saw-scaled viper.[6]

Geographic range

Found in the Middle East in Sinai, Israel and Jordan. On the Arabian Peninsula it is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. In Africa it occurs only in southeastern Egypt east of the Nile and as far south as the 24th parallel. The type locality given is "Jebel Shárr, at an altitude of 4500 feet ... Midian" (Saudi Arabia, 1371 m altitude).[1]

Habitat

Occurs in rocky deserts, from sea level to altitudes as high as 2500 m. Not found in sandy deserts.[3]

Taxonomy

In order to maintain nomenclatural stability, Stimson (1974) proposed that E. coloratus be validated over E. froenata. The ICZN subsequently gave coloratus precedence over froenata by use of its plenary powers.[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
  4. ↑ Echis coloratus (TSN 634968) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 11 April 2007.
  5. ↑ Species Echis coloratus at the Species2000 Database
  6. ↑ Echis coloratus at Munich AntiVenom INdex

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