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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| color = pink
| name = ''Echis hughesi''
| name = ''Echis hughesi''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|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. hughesi'''''
| species = '''''E. hughesi'''''
| binomial = ''Echis hughesi''
| binomial = ''Echis hughesi''
| binomial_authority = [[Vladimir A. Cherlin|Cherlin]], [[1990]]
| binomial_authority = Cherlin, 1990
| synonyms = * ''Echis'' [(''Toxicoa'')] ''hughesi'' - Cerlin, 1990
| synonyms = * ''Echis'' [(''Toxicoa'')] ''hughesi'' - Cerlin, 1990
* ''Echis hughesi'' - Golay et al., 1993<ref name="McD99">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).</ref>
* ''Echis hughesi'' - Golay et al., 1993<ref name="McD99">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).</ref>
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'''Common names:''' Hughes' carpet viper, Somali carpet 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> Hughes' saw-scaled viper.<ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=Hughesi}}</ref>
'''Common names:''' Hughes' carpet viper, Somali carpet 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> Hughes' saw-scaled viper.<ref name="EMBL">{{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=Hughesi}}</ref>
 
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'''''Echis hughesi''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] found in only in [[Somalia]].<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634969|taxon=Echis hughesi|year=2006|date=1 August}}</ref>
'''''Echis hughesi''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species found in only in Somalia.<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634969 ''Echis hughesi'' (TSN 634969)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 11 April 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
Northern [[Somalia]], in northern Migiurtinia, near Meledin. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] is listed as "Somalia, 10<font size="-1"><sup>o</sup></font>02' [N lat.], 49<font size="-1"><sup>o</sup></font> [E long.]."<ref name="McD99"/> Migiurtinia was the name of a region, or ''gobolka'', in Somalia that is currently known as Bari and occupies about 70.000 km<font size="-1"><sup>2</sup></font> of the tip of the [[Horn of Africa]].<ref name="Stat">[http://www.statoids.com/uso.html Regions of Somalia] at [http://www.statoids.com/ Statoids.com: Administrative Divisions of Countries]</ref>
Found only in northern Somalia, in northern Migiurtinia, near Meledin. The type locality is listed as "Somalia, 10<font size="-1"><sup>o</sup></font>02' [N lat.], 49<font size="-1"><sup>o</sup></font> [E long.]."<ref name="McD99"/> Migiurtinia was the name of a region, or ''gobolka'', in Somalia that is currently known as Bari and occupies about 70.000 km<font size="-1"><sup>2</sup></font> of the tip of the Horn of Africa.<ref name="Stat">[http://www.statoids.com/uso.html Regions of Somalia] at [http://www.statoids.com/ Statoids.com: Administrative Divisions of Countries]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[List of viperine species and subspecies]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[:Category:True vipers - Common names|True vipers - Common names]].
* [[Snakebite]].
* [[Snake (animal)bite]].


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Echis hughesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: E. hughesi
Binomial name
Echis hughesi
Cherlin, 1990
Synonyms
  • Echis [(Toxicoa)] hughesi - Cerlin, 1990
  • Echis hughesi - Golay et al., 1993[1]

Common names: Hughes' carpet viper, Somali carpet viper,[2] Hughes' saw-scaled viper.[3]  
 
Echis hughesi is a venomous viper species found in only in Somalia.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

Description

Grows to about 21-32 cm in length. The head scalation is similar to that of E. pyramidum. Midbody, there are 24-25 dorsal scales. The ventrals number 144-149 and the subcaudals 28-30. The color pattern varies, but generally consists of a series of pale, oblique, dorsal blotches set against a darker ground color.[2]

Geographic range

Found only in northern Somalia, in northern Migiurtinia, near Meledin. The type locality is listed as "Somalia, 10o02' [N lat.], 49o [E long.]."[1] Migiurtinia was the name of a region, or gobolka, in Somalia that is currently known as Bari and occupies about 70.000 km2 of the tip of the Horn of Africa.[5]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 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. Species Echis Hughesi at the Species2000 Database
  4. Echis hughesi (TSN 634969) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 11 April 2007.
  5. Regions of Somalia at Statoids.com: Administrative Divisions of Countries