Biology:Tokara habu
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of snake
| Tokara habu | |
|---|---|
%E3%80%8C%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%9B%87%E9%A1%9E%E5%9B%B3%E8%AD%9C%E3%80%8DMaki_1933_pl_LXXXV_(cropped).jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Protobothrops |
| Species: | P. tokarensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Protobothrops tokarensis Nagai, 1928
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The Tokara habu (Protobothrops tokarensis)[2] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Tokara Islands of Japan . No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]
Description
Scalation includes 31 (31-33) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales, and 8 (7-9) supralabial scales.[2]
Geographic range
Found in Japan on the islands of Takara-jima and Kotakara-jima. According to Golay et al. (1993), the type locality is "Takara-jima, province of Kagoshima, Ryukyu Islands".[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ "Protobothrops tokarensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634935. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
Further reading
- Nagai, Kamehiko. 1928. Tokara-Habu & Erabu-unagi. Kagoshimaken Hakubutsu-Chosa (Report on the Natural History of the Province of Kagoshima - Society for the Education and Survey of the Kagoshima Prefecture) 3: 1-64. (Trimeresurus tokarensis, p. 6.) National Diet Library Digital Collections
External links
- Protobothrops tokarensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 July 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q2710793 entry
 |  |
