Echis carinatus sinhaleyus

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Echis
Species:
E. carinatus
Subspecies:
E. c. sinhaleyus
Trinomial name
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Synonyms
  • Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951
  • Echis carinata sinhaleyus
    — Deraniyagala, 1955
  • Echis [(Echis)] carinatus sinhaleyus — Cherlin, 1990
  • E[chis]. c[arinatus]. sinhalensis
    — Auffenberg & Rehman, 1991
  • Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
    — Golay et al., 1993[1]

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies[2] endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]

Common names

Sri Lankan saw-scaled viper.[4]

Known as vali polanga (වැලි පොලඟා)[5] (can also be spelt as veli polanga) by the Sinhala speaking community. The vernacular name veli polanga translates as "sand viper".

Geographic range

It is found in Sri Lanka.[3]

The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Echis carinatus sinhaleyus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  3. ^ a b Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  4. ^ Somaweera A. 2007. Checklist of the Snakes of Sri Lanka. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. PDF Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine at Sri Lanka Reptile Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 14 March 2007.
  5. ^ Checklists of the Snakes of Sri Lanka Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine at the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society. Accessed 15 August 2007.

Further reading

  • Deraniyagala PEP. 1951. Some New Races of the Snakes Eryx, Callophis [sic] and Echis. Spolia Zeylanica 26 (2): 147-150. ("Echis carinatus sinhaleyus ssp. nov.", pp. 148-149, Tables III-IV).
  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops. 478 pp.