Biology:Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis
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| Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
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| Subspecies: | T. s. yunnanensis
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| Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis Schmidt, 1925
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Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis, commonly known as the Yunnan bamboo pitviper,[4] is a venomous pitviper subspecies[5] endemic to China .
Description
The scalation includes 19 (or 21) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 154-164/150-172 ventral scales in males/females, 61-71/52-65 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
It is found in southern China (Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan).[3] The type locality given is "Tengyueh, Yunnan Province, China" (= Tengchong County).[4]
Taxonomy
Zhao (1995) raised this taxon back up to the level of a full species: T. yunnanensis.[4]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/192051/0
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635228. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
Further reading
- Schmidt, K.P. 1925. New Reptiles and a New Salamander from China. American Museum Novitates (157): 1-5. ("Trimeresurus yunnanensis, new species", pp. 4–5.)
Wikidata ☰ Q1036954 entry
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