Echis ocellatus

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 ocellatus

Echis ocellatus Stemmler, 1970

Echis carinatus ocellatus Stemmler, 1970: 273 [original combination, as subspecies]
Echis ocellatus — Hughes, 1976: 361 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Stemmler, O. 1970. Die Sandrasselotter aus West-Africa: Echis carinatus ocellatus subsp. nov. (Serpentes, Viperidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 77(2): 273–282. BHL
Hughes, B. 1976. Notes on African carpet vipers, Echis carinatus, Echis leucogaster and Echis ocellatus (Viperidae, Serpentes). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83(2): 359–371. BHL

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.
Trape, J.-F. 2018. Partition d’Echis ocellatus Stemmler, 1970 (Squamata, Viperidae), avec la description d’une espèce nouvelle. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 167: 13–34.

Luiselli, L., Chirio, L. & Chippaux, J.-P. 2021. IUCN: Echis ocellatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13301039A13301046. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13301039A13301046.en. Accessed on 17 June 2026.