Common names: Kenyan carpet viper,Echis pyramidum at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 3 August 2007. Leakey's saw-scaled viper.Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. .
Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies endemic to northern East Africa.Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. .
Etymology The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.E. p. leakeyi @ Tomáš Mazuch.
Geographic range Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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).
References
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.
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