Echis pyramidum (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Kirchhof, Sebastian, Wasonga, Victor, Mazuch, Tomáš, Spawls, Stephen & Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta, 2023, An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 324) 17 (1 / 2), pp. 1-18 : 14

Echis pyramidum (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Vouchers: NMK-374S (field no. SK16 1025); NMK-371S (field no. SK16 1149)

Additional tissue samples: SK051 2016

Localities: AB (B, R), IL (B, R), KA (B), KF (B, G, R), LO ( R)

Remarks: The most common snake in SNP during our expeditions was Echis pyramidum , with 38 individuals recorded. This species ( Fig. 4Z ) occurred at all our study sites and in all transect types, but with a predilection for bushland (26 records). Activity was restricted to the night time, and records during daytime were exclusively of resting individuals dug out under dead logs.

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Fig. 4. Reptile species recorded during the surveys: (A) Crocodylus niloticus; (B) Agama lionotus; (C) Agama rueppelli; (D) Holodactylus africanus; (E) Hemidactylus angulatus; (F) Hemidactylus barbierii; (G) Hemidactylus lanzai; (H) Hemidactylus ruspolii; (I) Homopholis fasciata; (J) Lygodactylus somalicus; (K) Stenodactylus sthenodactylus; (L) Heliobolus spekii; (M) Latastia longicaudata; (N) Philochortus rudolfensis; (O) Chalcides bottegi; (P) Mochlus sundevallii; (Q) Trachylepis striata; (R) Varanus albigularis; (S) Eryx colubrinus; (T) Platyceps brevis; (U) Psammophis cf. tanganicus; (V) Psammophis punctulatus; (W) Rhamphiophis rostratus; (X) Naja pallida; (Y) Bitis arietans; and (Z) Echis pyramidum.