Taxonomy Profile: Echis (Merrem 1820)

Echis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Echis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Viperidae
Pit Vipers |
Vipers |
Subfamily : Viperinae
Genus : Echis
Echis Direct Children(s):
Echis carinatus
(Schneider 1801)
Echis coloratus
(Günther 1878)
Echis hughesi
(Cherlin 1990)
Echis jogeri
(Cherlin 1990)
Echis leucogaster
(Roman 1972)
Echis megalocephalus
(Cherlin 1990)
Echis ocellatus
(Stemmler 1970)
Echis pyramidum
(Geoffroy de St-Hilaire in Savigny 1827)
Echis omanensis
(Babocsay 2004)
Echis khosatzkii
(Cherlin 1990)
Echis borkini
(Cherlin 1990)
Echis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Echis
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Echis
Echis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Echis: Comments