Echis omanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

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

Echis omanensis Babocsay, 2004: 506

Holotype: BMNH 1973.2113, ♂, collected by E. N. Arnold on 28 May 1973.
Type locality: “Wadi as Siji, region of Masaﬁ (25°18’N 56°10’E), United Arab Emirates”.

Babocsay, G. 2004. A new species of saw-scaled viper of the Echis coloratus complex (Ophidia: Viperidae) from Oman, Eastern Arabia. Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 503–514. DOI: 10.1017/S147720000300129 Reference page.

Andrew S. Gardner (2009): Mapping the terrestrial reptile distributions in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. ZooKeys. Vol. 31, p. 171, 177, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.31.133
Badria A. Al Hatali, Said A. Al Mazroui, Abdullah S. Alreesi, Robert J. Geller, Brent W. Morgan, Ziad N. Kazzi (2015): Report of a Bite from a New Species of the Echis Genus--Echis omanensis. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 11 (2), p. 242-4, DOI: 10.1007/s13181-014-0444-x
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.

Wilms, T., Al Rasbi, K.J.M. & Els, J. 2012. IUCN: Echis omanensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199580A2604601. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199580A2604601.en. Accessed on 07 October 2025.
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