Echis jogeri

Echis jogeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wilms T, Wagner P (2013). "Echis jogeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13301028A13301033.en. Accessed on 01 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b 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).

Further reading

  • Cherlin VA (1990). "[A taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). II. An analysis of taxonomy and description of new forms]". [Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of Leningrad ] 207: 193-223. (in Russian).
  • Chippaux J-P, Jackson K (2019). Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 448 pp. ISBN 978-1421427195.
  • Dobiey, Maik; Vogel, Gernot (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa: Giftschlangen Afrikas. (Terralog Volume 15). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 148 pp. ISBN 978-3939759041. (in English and German).
  • Trape J-F, Mané Y (2017). "The snakes of Mali". Bonn zoological Bulletin 66 (2): 107–133.



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