Echis jogeri

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Echis jogeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Echis
Species:
E. jogeri
Binomial name
Echis jogeri
Cherlin, 1990
Synonyms [2]
  • Echis (Toxicoa) jogeri
    Cherlin, 1990

Echis jogeri, also known commonly as Joger's carpet viper, the Mali carpet viper, [3] and Joger's saw-scaled viper, [4] 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. [5]

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Etymology

The specific name, jogeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Ulrich Joger. [6]

Description

E. jogeri is relatively small, averaging only about 30 cm (12 in) 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. [3]

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). [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. jogeri is savanna, at altitudes of 60–426 m (197–1,398 ft). [1]

Behavior

E. jogeri is terrestrial. [1]

Diet

E. jogeri preys predominately upon centipedes. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 Echis jogeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 2 August 2007.
  5. "Echis jogeri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2 August 2006.
  6. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Echis jogeri, p. 135).

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