Echis borkini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Echis
Species: Echis borkini

Name

Echis borkini Cherlin, 1990

• Holotype: BMNH 1899.12.5.181, ♀, collected by W.R. Ogilive-Grant & Zorber in 1899.
• Type locality: “Arábie, Lahij” [=Lahij, Yemen].

Combinations

• Echis varia borkini Cherlin, 1990: 211 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Echis borkini — Pook, Joger, Stümpel & Wüster, 2009 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Cherlin, V.A. 1990. Таксономическая ревизия змей рода Echis (Viperidae). II. Анализ таксономии и описание новых форм [Taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). II. An analysis of taxonomy and description of new forms] (in Russian). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Science 207: 193–223. Reference page. 
• Pook, C.E., Joger, U., Stümpel, N. & Wüster, W. 2009. When continents collide: phylogeny, historical biogeography and systematics of the medically important viper genus Echis (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(3): 792–807. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.002 Reference page. 

Links

• Sindaco, R. & Al Jumaily, M.M. 2012. IUCN: Echis borkini  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T203726A2771020. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T203726A2771020.en. Accessed on 09 March 2026.