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Protobothrops xiangchengensis

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Species of snake

Protobothrops xiangchengensis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus Xiangchengensis Zhao, 1978
  • Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
    Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978
  • Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
    – Zhao, 1979
  • Protobothrops xiangchengensis
    – Gumprecht et al., 2004,
  • Protobothrops xiangchengensis
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004

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

Taxonomy

Originally described as a member of the genus Trimeresurus, it was later reassigned to Protobothrops.

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.

Geographic range

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  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. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Protobothrops xiangchengensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
  6. "Protobothrops xiangchengensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Protobothrops xiangchengensis


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