Echis

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔχις (ékhis, “viper”), via Latin. === Proper noun === Echis m A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – saw-scaled vipers or carpet vipers. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Caenophidia – clade; Viperoidea – superfamily; Viperidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper) – type species === References === Echis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Echis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Echis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons