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Trimeresurus yunnanensis

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Species of snake

Trimeresurus yunnanensis
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: Trimeresurus
Species: T. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Trimeresurus yunnanensis
Schmidt, 1925
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus yunnanensis Schmidt, 1925
  • Trimeresurus gramineus yunnanensis – Stejneger, 1927
  • Trimeresurus stejnegeri yunnanensis – Pope, 1935
  • Trimeresurus yunnanensis
    – Zhao, 1995
  • Viridovipera yunnanensis
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
  • Trimeresurus (Viridovipera) yunnanensis
    – David et al., 2011

Trimeresurus yunnanensis, commonly known as the Yunnan bamboo pitviper, is a venomous pitviper species 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.

Geographic range

It is found in southern China (Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan). The type locality given is "Tengyueh, Yunnan Province, China" (= Tengchong County).

Taxonomy

Zhao (1995) raised this taxon back up to the level of a full species: T. yunnanensis.

References

  1. Lau, M.; Zhou, Z. (2012). "Trimeresurus yunnanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192051A2033367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192051A2033367.en. Retrieved 20 November 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. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ 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 yunnanensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 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.)
Taxon identifiers
Trimeresurus yunnanensis
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