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'''''Vipera echis''''' is a scientific name proposed by Schlegel in 1837. It was used to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in the deserts of [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]] and the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.</ref>
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'''''Vipera echis''''' is a scientific name proposed by Schlegel in 1837. It was used to describe a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] found in the deserts of [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]] and the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:
* [[Echis carinatus]] - ([[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], [[1801]]) - Indian saw-scaled viper.
* [[Echis pyramidum]] - ([[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], [[1827]]) - Northeast African saw-scaled viper.
 
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Vipera echis is a scientific name proposed by Schlegel in 1837. It was used to describe a venomous viper found in the deserts of North Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. However, this name has long since been considered a synonym of the following two species:

  • External Article Echis carinatus: Venomous viper species of the genus Echis, found in parts of the Middle East, Central Asia, and especially the Indian subcontinent. [e]
  • Developing Article Echis pyramidum: Venomous viper species of the genus Echis, found mainly in north-east Africa, but also in parts of the Arabian Peninsula. [e]