Echis carinatus sinhaleyus is a venomous viper subspecies[2] endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Echis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. c. sinhaleyus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Echis carinatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1951
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Common names
editSri 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
editThe 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 Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. 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.