Echidna Link, 1806 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank GENUS Published in Voigt's Mag. Nat., 12, 290, 296 Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Chordata class Reptilia order Squamata family Viperidae genus Bitis Name Homonyms Echidna Forster, 1788 Echidna G.Cuvier, 1797 Echidna Hübner, 1807 Echidna Merrem, 1820 Echidna Link, 1806