Echis jogeri, also known commonly as Joger's carpet viper, the Mali carpet viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. . and Joger's saw-scaled viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Mali. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.
Etymology The specific name, jogeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Ulrich Joger.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Echis jogeri, p. 135).
Description E. jogeri is relatively small, averaging only about in total length (including tail). Its build, however, is relatively stout, the cross-section of which is circular or subtriangular. The scalation of the head is similar to that of E. leucogaster. Midbody, the dorsal scale rows number 27. The ventral scales number 123-136.
Coloration and pattern are both variable. Its color ranges from brown to gray to reddish, and everything in between. Its pattern generally consists of a series of light, oblique, dorsal crossbars or saddles set against a darker ground color. The flanks are lighter in color, normally with a series of triangular, subtriangular, or circular, dark markings with light or white edges. The belly is an unbroken pale cream, white, or ivory.
Geographic range Echis jogeri is found only in western and central Mali.
The type locality is listed in Russian as "[Mali, 3 km of Tombuktu]" (Mali, 3 km from Timbuktu).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of E. jogeri is savanna, at altitudes of .
Behavior E. jogeri is terrestrial.
Diet E. jogeri preys predominately upon centipedes.
References
Further reading Cherlin VA (1990). "[A taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). II. An analysis of taxonomy and description of new forms]". [Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of Leningrad ] 207: 193-223. (in Russian). Chippaux J-P, Jackson K (2019). Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 448 pp. . Dobiey, Maik; Vogel, Gernot (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa: Giftschlangen Afrikas. (Terralog Volume 15). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 148 pp. . (in English and German). Trape J-F, Mané Y (2017). "The snakes of Mali". Bonn zoological Bulletin 66 (2): 107–133.
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