Echis carinatus sinhaleyus

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Echis
Species:	E. carinatus
Subspecies:	E. c. sinhaleyus
Trinomial name
Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951
Synonyms
Echis carinatus sinhaleyusDeraniyagala, 1951 Echis carinata sinhaleyus — Deraniyagala, 1955 Echis [(Echis)] carinatus sinhaleyus— Cherlin, 1990 E[chis]. c[arinatus]. sinhalensis — Auffenberg & Rehman, 1991 Echis carinatus sinhaleyus — Golay et al., 1993 [1]

Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies ^[2] endemic to Sri Lanka. ^[3]

Common names

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

It is found in Sri Lanka. ^[3]

The type locality is described as "Chavakachcheri, Jaffna Peninsula" (Northern Province, Sri Lanka). ^[1]

References

1. 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).
2. "Echis carinatus sinhaleyus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 1 August 2006.
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. ISBN   0-89464-877-2.
4. 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 Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 14 March 2007.
5. 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

• Deraniyagala PEP. 1951. Some New Races of the Snakes Eryx, Callophis [sic] and Echis. Spolia Zeylanica26 (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

• Echis carinatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 2 August 2007.
• Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951 at Tomáš Mazuch . Accessed 24 November 2007.