Beludak sisik gergaji

Beludak sisik gergaji
	Echis carinatus
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Ordo:	Squamata
Subordo:	Serpentes
Famili:	Viperidae
Subfamili:	Viperinae
Genus:	Echis; Merrem, 1820
Sinonim
	Echis Merrem, 1820; Toxicoa Gray, 1849; Turanechis Cherlin, 1990;

Beludak sisik gergaji adalah kelompok beludak yang tersebar dari Asia Selatan lalu ke barat hingga Sahara. Dinamai demikian karena sisik mereka yang sangat kasar dan menimbulkan bunyi gesekan yang nyaring jika ular ini menggesekkan tubuhnya ke benda lain atau bagian badannya yang lain, ular ini melakukan itu untuk menakut-nakuti musuhnya.^[2] Nama ilmiahnya, Echis, adalah nama ilmiah khusus untuk ular-ular ini dan ular-ular lain yang serupa.^[3] Nama umumnya dalam bahasa Inggris adalah Saw-scaled viper atau Carpet viper (beludak karpet atau beludak permadani).^[4] Ular-ular ini juga merupakan beberapa dari sekian jenis ular yang paling banyak menimbulkan kasus gigitan mematikan di Asia Selatan selain ular sendok, krait, dan Daboia sp..^[5]

Spesies

Echis borkini Cherlin, 1990
Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801) — Beludak sisik gergaji India
Echis coloratus Günther, 1878
Echis hughesi Cherlin, 1990
Echis jogeri Cherlin, 1990
Echis khosatzkii Cherlin, 1990
Echis leucogaster Roman, 1972
Echis megalocephalus Cherlin, 1990
Echis ocellatus Stemmler, 1970
Echis omanensis Babocsay, 2004
Echis pyramidum (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Sumber-sumber

Catatan kaki

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^ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
^ Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Ralph Curtis Books. Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Eastern Hemisphere. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.

Bahan bacaan

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