Echis pyramidum leakeyi explained

Common names: Kenyan carpet viper,^[1] Leakey's saw-scaled viper.^[2]

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to northern East Africa.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.^[4]

Geographic range

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.^{[3] [5]}

The type locality is "Nord-Kenya, West-Ufer des Baringo-Sees, Campi ya Samaki, ca. 1000 m. H" (= North Kenya, west bank of Lake Baringo, Camp ya Samaka, ca. 3,300 ft).

Further reading

• 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 Herpetological Data Center. 478 pp.
• Stemmler O, Sochurek E. 1969. Die Sandrasselotter von Kenya: Echis carinatus leakeyi subsp. nov.
  Aquaterra 6 (8): 89–94.

Notes and References

1. http://www.toxinfo.org/antivenoms/indication/ECHIS_PYRAMIDUM.html Echis pyramidum
2. Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. .
3. Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. .
4. E. p. leakeyi @ Tomáš Mazuch.
5. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.