Common names: McMahon's viper, Asian sand viper, leaf-nosed viper, whiskered viper. Eristicophis is a monotypic genus created for the venomous viper species, E. macmahonii. It is endemic to the desert region of Balochistan near the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0