Species

Echis megalocephalus

Echis megalocephalus · described by CHERLIN 1990

Saw-scaled Viper, a close relative of Echis megalocephalus — Pictured: Saw-scaled Viper, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Echis megalocephalus
First described: CHERLIN 1990
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Echis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree