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Echis pyramidum (North-East African Carpet Viper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Common names: Northeast African carpet viper, Egyptian saw-scaled viper, . Echis pyramidum is a species of venomous viper endemic to Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.
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Infraspecies

Echis pyramidum leakeyi (Kenyan carpet viper)
Echis pyramidum lucidus
Echis pyramidum pyramidum

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  142 grams
Gestation [1]  41 days
Litter Size [1]  14
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
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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