Eristicophis macmahoni

(Alcock & Finn, 1897)

Vernacular names
English : Mc Mahon’s desert viper
French : Vipère de MacMahon

Classification
Class : Reptilia
Order : Squamata
Family : Viperidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults reach rarely more than 72 cm in length, females being bigger than males. Scales are heavily keeled, rostral scale has a typical leaf-like shape. Coloration is sandy-beige to light brown, becoming light yellow on flanks, chin, belly.

Range and habitat
This species occurs in desertic areas of western Asia, in Pakistan, Afghanistan, south Iran, east and North-west Baluchistan and north-west India. Lives in sandy deserts with dunes of fine and loose sand, up to 1300 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not listed
Status : The species hould be considered as safe as it occurs in very inhospitable and remote habitats.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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