Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801)

Jablonski, Daniel, Regan, John M., Holzheuser, Chace, Farooqi, Javeed, Basit, Abdul & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2019, Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 32, pp. 177-193 : 177

Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801)

Distribution in Afghanistan.

This species has been recorded from various parts of Afghanistan (provinces Balkh, Farah, Helmand, Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Nimroz; Wagner et al. 2016). These authors also mentioned a record at " Sistan [Faizabad Prov.] (ZMUC R-6838) ", p. 516. This record is probably incorrect as there is no Faizabad Prov. in Afghanistan and the city Faizabad (Fayzabad) is in Badakhshan Prov. (eastern Afghanistan). Moreover, the coordinates provided by authors in the Appendix 1 are the same as for locality " Seistan [=Sistan area near Iran border]", p. 556 (western Afghanistan). Thus, potential distribution in Badakhshan needs future clarification.

Our records.

Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar (27 March 2009), adult, subadult and juvenile individuals of both sexes ( Fig. 9G, H ) in the desert habitat with bushes near the runway.

Remarks.

This species is known from Kandahar city and its vicinity and our record corresponds with previous records presented by Wagner et al (2016). Therefore, we did not map this record.

Figures

Figure 9. Observed species of Colubridae and Viperidae families from Afghanistan: A - adult individual of Hemorrhois ravergieri from Jurm, Badakhshan (photo by Glyn Morris); B - subadult individual of Platyceps rhodorachis from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar; C - subadult individual of P. rhodorachis (striped phenotype) from Camp Mike Spann Chapel, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh; D - adult individual of Ptyas mucosa from Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul; E - subadult individual of Spalerosophis diadema from Camp Dubs - Kabul, Kabul; F - subadult individual of S. diadema from Spin Boldak, Kandahar (photo by Ron Savage); G, H - subadult and adult individual of Echis carinatus from Kandahar, Air Base, Kandahar.