Echis pyramidum leakeyi is a venomous viper subspecies[4] endemic to northern East Africa.

[5] The specific name, leakeyi, is in honor of Kenyan herpetologist J.H.E.

[6] Echis pyramidum leakeyi is found in southwestern Ethiopia (Lake Stephanie), northwestern Kenya, and southern Somalia.

[5][7] The type locality is "Nord-Kenya, West-Ufer des Baringo-Sees, Campi ya Samaki, ca.

1000 m. H" (= North Kenya, west bank of Lake Baringo, Camp ya Samaka, ca.