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{{Taxobox | {{Taxobox | ||
| color = pink | | color = pink | ||
| name = ''Echis carinatus astolae'' | | name = ''Echis carinatus astolae'' | ||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia | | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | ||
| phylum = | | phylum = Chordata | ||
| subphylum = | | subphylum = Vertebrata | ||
| classis = | | classis = Reptilia | ||
| ordo = | | ordo = Squamata | ||
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]] | | subordo = [[Snake (animal)|Serpentes]] | ||
| familia = | | familia = Viperidae | ||
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | | subfamilia = [[Viperinae]] | ||
| genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | | genus = ''[[Echis]]'' | ||
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'''Common names:''' Astola saw-scaled viper.<ref name="WOP">[http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/sawscaledviper.htm Saw-scaled Viper, ...] at [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan], Accessed 3 August 2006.</ref> | '''Common names:''' Astola saw-scaled viper.<ref name="WOP">[http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/sawscaledviper.htm Saw-scaled Viper, ...] at [http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ Wildlife of Pakistan], Accessed 3 August 2006.</ref> | ||
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'''''Echis carinatus astolae''''' is a | '''''Echis carinatus astolae''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] subspecies<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635288 ''Echis carinatus astolae'' (TSN 635288)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 8 April 2007.</ref> endemic to Astola Island off the coast of Pakistan.<ref name="McD99"/> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Geographic range== | ==Geographic range== | ||
Found only on Astola Island, off the coast of Makran, Pakistan. The type locality is the same: "Insel Astola, Makrankuste, West-Pakistan" [Astola Island (25<font size="-1"><sup>o</sup></font> 07'N; 63<font size="-1"><sup>o</sup></font> 51'E) off the Makran coast, Pakistan].<ref name="McD99"/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* ''[[Echis]]''. | * ''[[Echis carinatus]]''. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[:Category:True vipers - Synonymy|True vipers - Synonymy]]. | ||
* [[Snake (animal)bite]]. | |||
==Cited references== | ==Cited references== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=carinatus}} | * {{EMBL species|genus=Echis|species=carinatus}}. | ||
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Common names: Astola saw-scaled viper.[2]
Echis carinatus astolae is a venomous viper subspecies[3] endemic to Astola Island off the coast of Pakistan.[1]
Description
The color pattern consists of a series of dark brown dorsal blotches on a whitish background, laterally 1-3 rows of dark brown spots with no light arcs. On the head, there is a three-pronged, light mark directed towards the snout. From the temporals, a light lateral line meets at frontal region, giving a branch to the snout.[2]
Geographic range
Found only on Astola Island, off the coast of Makran, Pakistan. The type locality is the same: "Insel Astola, Makrankuste, West-Pakistan" [Astola Island (25o 07'N; 63o 51'E) off the Makran coast, Pakistan].[1]
See also
- Echis carinatus.
- List of viperine species and subspecies.
- True vipers - Common names.
- True vipers - Synonymy.
- Snake (animal)bite.
Cited references
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Saw-scaled Viper, ... at Wildlife of Pakistan, Accessed 3 August 2006.
- ↑ Echis carinatus astolae (TSN 635288) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 8 April 2007.
External links
- Species Echis carinatus at the Species2000 Database.