Gloydius qinlingensis

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Gloydius qinlingensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Gloydius
Species:
G. qinlingensis
Binomial name
Gloydius qinlingensis
Song and Chen, 1985

Gloydiusqinlingenis is a species of Asian moccasin from Shaanxi, China, named after Mt. Qin Ling where it was originally found. As with all pit vipers, it is venomous. The taxonomic status of this species is controversial, with some reports suggesting it should be recognised as a valid species and others suggesting it is a synonym of G. strauchi , which it was previously considered a subspecies of. [1] [2] [3] Currently, G. qinlingensis is considered a full species due to its genetic distance from the other members of Gloydius. [4]

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Description

Gloydius qinlingensis can be distinguished by a few features including its specific scale counts as well as its oval or triangular head and light red/yellow -brown colouring with its dark brown irregular markings. [1] [3]

Reproduction

Gloydius qinlingensis is known to be ovoviviparous. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gloydius qinlingensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  2. ↑ Vogel, Gernot & David, Patrick. (2015). An updated list of Asian pitvipers and a selection of recent publications.
  3. 1 2 Shi, Jing-Song; Liu, Jin-Cheng; Giri, Rohit; Owens, John Benjamin; Santra, Vishal; Kuttalam, Sourish; Selvan, Melvin; Guo, Ke-Ji; Malhotra, Anita (2021-10-04). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China". ZooKeys (1061): 87–108. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1061...87S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   8505391 . PMID   34707454.
  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.
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