Biology:Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas

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Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
Subspecies:
T. j. xanthomelas
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas
Günther, 1889
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus xanthomelas Günther, 1889
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas – Mell, 1931
  • Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas – Welch, 1988[1]

Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas, commonly known as the Red spotted pitviper,[2] is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] endemic to China .

Description

Adults may attain a total length of 31 in (79 cm), which includes a tail 5 in (13 cm) long.[4]

The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 176-188 ventral scales, 54-67 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

Found in Central and southern China, in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Guangxi. The type locality given is "Ichang" (=Yichang Shi, Hubei, China).[2]

See also

References

  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN:3-937975-00-4.
  3. "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635226. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 
  4. Günther. 1889. p. 222.

Further reading

  • Günther, A. 1889. Third Contribution to our Knowledge of Reptiles and Fishes from the Upper Yangtsze-Kiang. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series, 4 (21): 218-229. (Trimeresurus xanthomelas, pp. 219, 221-222).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7842180 entry