Biology:Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis

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Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species:
T. stejnegeri
Subspecies:
T. s. yunnanensis
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis
Schmidt, 1925
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus yunnanensis Schmidt, 1925
  • Trimeresurus gramineus yunnanensis – Stejneger, 1927
  • Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis – Pope, 1935[2]
  • Trimeresurus yunnanensis
    – Zhao, 1995
  • Viridovipera yunnanensis
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) yunnanensis
    – David et al., 2011[3]

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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/192051/0
  2. ↑ 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 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "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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