NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Viperinae
  Family - Viperidae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Echis carinatus
      Species - Echis coloratus
      Species - Echis hughesi
      Species - Echis jogeri
      Species - Echis leucogaster
      Species - Echis megalocephalus
      Species - Echis ocellatus
      Species - Echis pyramidum
      Species - Echis omanensis
      Species - Echis khosatzkii
      Species - Echis borkini