Echis carinatus sochureki, Wagner & Bauer & Leviton & Wilms & Böhme, 2016

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 516

Echis carinatus sochureki (Stemmler, 1969:118, figs. 1–4

1969 Echis carinatus sochureki Stemmler, Die Sandrasselotter aus Pakistan: Echis carinatus sochureki subsp. nov. Aquaterra 6:118–124.

HOLOTYPE.— NHMB 17468 from “ West-Pakistan , Ban Kushdil Khan bei Pishin , Rand eines Stausees [bank of a barrier lake at Ban Kushdil near Pishin in western Pakistan].”

LOCALITIES.— Balk ( ZMUC R-6840); Baqrabad ( ZMUC R-6837); 35 mi downstream from Girishk, Dasht-i-Margo Area, Chah-i-Angir ( CAS 84627–28); 20 km SE Islam Qala ( CAS 120501); outskirts of Jalalabad ( MMB 28490–91); Kandahar [Kandahar Prov.] ( FMNH 161072–73, ZFMK 8647); Kaykay [Helmand Prov.] ( ZMUC R-6839); 32 km NW of Lashkargah ( CAS 120719); Seistan [Faizabad Prov.] ( ZMUC R-6838); 10 km W of Tashkurgan ( CAS 120502–03, CAS 120545–46); Tirphul ( ZSI 13105); SE of Zehak (along the Iran-Afghanistan border, Agricultural College) (1450 ft.) ( MVZ 243502) [see pl. 14, fig. 2 for distribution].

REMARKS.— There is an additional specimen from Afghanistan without a detailed locality in the AMNH collection (AMNH R-70593). Boulenger (1889:104) additionally mentioned specimens as “ Echis arenicola ” from “Nushki to Helmand ” and and “Chil-gaz“. The former BMNH specimen from “Tirphul” was subsequently donated to the ZSI collection (ZSI 13105) and mentioned by Sclater (1891:69) as “ Echis carinata ” from “Tiphul near Herat ”, collected by the Afghan Boundary Commission ( Aitchison1889). The other two specimens may be identical with BMNH 1886.9.21. 123–124, but it is not possible to refer them to the specific locality.