Gloydius changdaoensis

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Gloydius changdaoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Gloydius
Species:
G. changdaoensis
Binomial name
Gloydius changdaoensis
Li, 1999

Gloydius changdaoensis is a species of Asian moccasin from Shandong Province, China. The name changdaoensis comes from the area it was first discovered in, Changdao County. As with all pit vipers, it is venomous. [1] It has been named (as G. lijianlii) as one of the 30 most endangered viper species in 2016. [2]

Taxonomy

It has been suggested to be synonymised with G. lijianlii by Simonov et al. in 2017 and Asadi et al. in 2019, but there has been no further support, so the validity of them as separate species is currently uncertain. [1] [3]

Previously considered a subspecies of G. intermedius or G. saxatilis , it has now been suggested as a full species due to its molecular distance from G. intermedius. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gloydius changdaoensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  2. ↑ Maritz, Bryan; Penner, Johannes; Martins, Marcio; Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka; Spear, Stephen; Alencar, Laura R.V.; Sigala-Rodriguez, Jesús; Messenger, Kevin; Clark, Rulon W.; Soorae, Pritpal; Luiselli, Luca; Jenkins, Chris; Greene, Harry W. (December 2016). "Identifying global priorities for the conservation of vipers" . Biological Conservation. 204: 94–102. Bibcode:2016BCons.204...94M. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.004.
  3. ↑ Asadi, Atefeh; Montgelard, Claudine; Nazarizadeh, Masoud; Moghaddasi, Akram; Fatemizadeh, Faezeh; Simonov, Evgeniy; Kami, Haji Gholi; Kaboli, Mohammad (2019-02-04). "Evolutionary history and postglacial colonization of an Asian pit viper (Gloydius halys caucasicus) into Transcaucasia revealed by phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 1224. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9.1224A. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37558-8. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   6362119 . PMID   30718614.
  4. ↑ Shi, Jingsong; Wang, Gang; Chen, Xi’er; Fang, Yihao; Ding, Li; Huang, Song; Hou, Mian; Liu, Jun; Li, Pipeng (2017-01-01). "A new moth-preying alpine pit viper species from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Viperidae, Crotalinae)" . Amphibia-Reptilia. 38 (4): 517–532. doi:10.1163/15685381-00003134. ISSN   1568-5381.
  5. ↑ Wu, Yayong; Li, Ke; Liu, Qin; Chen, Shanshan; Cai, Bo (2020-07-02). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the Asian pitviper Gloydius changdaoensis (Squamata, Viperidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (3): 3276–3277. doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1810154. PMC   7782340 . PMID   33458138.


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