Echis pyramidum leakeyi

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies^[4] endemic to northern East Africa.^[5]

Echis pyramidum leakeyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Echis
Species:	E. pyramidum
Subspecies:	E. p. leakeyi
Trinomial name
Echis pyramidum leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969
Synonyms
Echis carinatus leakeyi Stemmler & Sochurek, 1969 Echis p[yramidum]. leakeyi — Sochurek, 1983 Echis [(Toxicoa)] pyramidum leakeyi — Sochurek, 1990 Echis pyramidum leakeyi — Golay et al., 1993[1]

Common names: Kenyan carpet viper,^[2] Leakey's saw-scaled viper.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E. Leakey.^[6]

Geographic range

Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.^[5][7]

The type locality is "Nord-Kenya, West-Ufer des Baringo-Sees, Campi ya Samaki, ca. 1000 m. H" (= North Kenya, west bank of Lake Baringo, Camp ya Samaka, ca. 3,300 ft).^[1]