Biology:Protobothrops xiangchengensis

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Short description: Species of snake

Protobothrops xiangchengensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Protobothrops
Species:
P. xiangchengensis
Binomial name
Protobothrops xiangchengensis
(Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978)
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Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus Xiangchengensis Zhao, 1978
  • Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
    Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978
  • Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
    – Zhao, 1979[2]
  • Protobothrops xiangchengensis
    – Gumprecht et al., 2004,[3]
  • Protobothrops xiangchengensis
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004[4]

Protobothrops xiangchengensis, commonly known as the Szechwan pit viper, Kham Plateau pitviper,[1][3][5] or Sichuan lancehead,[1] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Hengduan Mountains in south-central China .[1][5] No subspecies are currently recognized.[5][6]

Taxonomy

Originally described as a member of the genus Trimeresurus, it was later reassigned to Protobothrops.[1][4][5]

Description

Scalation includes 25 (23, 24) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 175–194/181–194 ventral scales in males/females, 54–66/44–62 subcaudal scales and 7–8 (9 or 10) supralabial scales.[3]

Geographic range

Protobothrops xiangchengensis is endemic to the Hengduan Mountains in the provinces of Yunnan and western Sichuan, China .[1] According to David & Tong (1997), the type locality given is "Sichuan Province, Xiangcheng, altitude 3100 m [10,200 ft]".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Guo, P.; Jiang, J. (2012). "Protobothrops xiangchengensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T186095A1810271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T186095A1810271.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/186095/1810271. Retrieved 23 August 2021. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN:3-937975-00-4.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (2004). "A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32 (1): 83–100. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008. PMID 15186799.  [erratum, p. 680.]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Protobothrops xiangchengensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Protobothrops xiangchengensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1058443. 

Further reading

  • David, Patrick, and Haiyan Tong. 1997. Translations of Recent Descriptions of Chinese Pitvipers of the Trimeresurus-complex (Serpentes, Viperidae), with a Key to the Complex in China and Adjacent Areas. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (112): 1-31.
  • Zhao, Er-mi; Jiang, Yao-ming; & Huang, Qing-yun. 1979. Three new snake species in China. Materials Herpetological Research Chengden 4: 21.

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