Echis pyramidum leakeyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Echis |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | E. p. leakeyi
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Trinomial name | |
Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
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Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] endemic to northern East Africa.[5]
The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.[6]
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.[5][7]
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).[1]