Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Echis carinatus sinhaleyus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Echis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. c. sinhaleyus
|
| Trinomial name | |
| Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies[2] endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]
Common names[edit]
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[edit]
The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Echis carinatus sinhaleyus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Accessed 14 March 2007.
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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.
External links[edit]
- Echis carinatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 August 2007.
- Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951 at Tomáš Mazuch. Accessed 24 November 2007.