Echis coloratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Echis coloratus Günther, 1878 [conserved name]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.84 (formerly BMNH 1878.9.28.6), ♀, collected by R.F. Burton in 1877.
Type locality: “Jerbel Shárr, at an altitude of 4500 feet above the level of the sea”.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1176 (1981: 110).

Echis colorata Günther, 1878: 978 [original combination, incorrect gender agreement]

Echis froenata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 1449
- Holotype: Unknown.
- Type locality: “Egypte”.
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1176 (1981: 110).

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xii + 781–1536 pp. BHL Reference page.
Günther, A. 1878. On reptiles from Midian collected by Major Burton. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 977–978. BHL
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1981. Opinion 1176. Echis colorata [sic] Guenther, 1878 (Reptilia; Serpentes) given nomenclatural precedence over Echis froenata [sic] Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(2): 110–111. BHL Reference page.

Cherlin, V.A. & Borkin, L.J. 1990. Таксономическая ревизия змей рода Echis. I. Анализ истории изучения и синонимии [Taxonomic revision of the snake genus Echis (Viperidae). I. An analysis of the history of study and synonymy] (in Russian). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Science 207: 175–192. Reference page.
Babocsay, G. 2003. Geographic variation in Echis coloratus (Viperidae, Ophidia) in the Levant with the description of a new subspecies. Zoology in the Middle East 29(1): 13–32. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2003.10637966 Reference page.

Eid, E.K.A., Al Johany, A.M.H., Amr, Z.S.S., Baha El Din, S., Werner, Y.L. & Disi, A.M. 2021. IUCN: Echis coloratus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197482A2488698. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197482A2488698.en. Accessed on 26 November 2025.