Protobothrops jerdonii

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Protobothrops jerdonii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Protobothrops
Species:
P. jerdonii
Binomial name
Protobothrops jerdonii
(Günther, 1875)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii
    Günther, 1875
  • Lachesis jerdonii
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Lachesis melli
    K. Vogt, 1922
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii melli
    Mell, 1931
  • T [rimeresurus]. j [erdonii ]. jerdonii
    Bourret, 1936
  • Trimeresurus jerdoni
    M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Trimeresurus jerdoni bourreti
    Klemmer, 1963
  • P [rotobothrops]. jerdoni
    Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983
  • Protobothrops jerdonii jerdonii
    Welch, 1988
  • Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti
    — Welch, 1988
  • Protobothrops jerdonii meridionalis
    — Welch, 1988
  • Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas
    — Welch, 1988 [3]
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii
    R.C. Sharma, 2004

Protobothrops jerdonii, also known commonly as Jerdon's pitviper, [2] [4] the yellow-speckled pit viper, and the oriental pit viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to India, Nepal, Myanmar, China, and Vietnam. Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [2] [5]

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Jerdon's red spotted pit viper, P. j. xanthomelas, from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Jerdon's Red Spotted Pit Viper (Protobothrops jerdonii).jpg
Jerdon's red spotted pit viper, P. j. xanthomelas, from West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Etymology

The specific name, jerdonii, is in honor of British herpetologist Thomas C. Jerdon, who collected the type series. [6]

The subspecific name, bourreti, is in honour of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret. [6]

Description

Protobothrops jerdonii, illustration by G.H. Ford (1875) for Gunther's original description. TrimeresurusJerdoniFord.jpg
Protobothrops jerdonii, illustration by G.H. Ford (1875) for Günther's original description.

Males of P. jerdonii grow to a maximum total length of 835 mm (32.9 in), which includes a tail length of 140 mm (5.5 in); females grow to 990 mm (39 in), with a tail length of 160 mm (6.3 in). [7]

Scalation: dorsal scales in 21 longitudinal rows at midbody (rarely 23); snout length a little more than twice diameter of eye; head above, except for large internasals and supraoculars, covered by small, unequal, smooth scales that are feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; first labial completely separated from nasal scales by a suture; internasals separated by 1–2 small scales; 6–9 small scales in line between supraoculars; 7–8 upper labials, third and fourth beneath eye, in contact with subocular or separated by at most a single series of small scales; ventrals: males 164–188, females 167–193; subcaudals: males 50–78, females 44–76. [7]

Geographic range

P. jerdonii is found in northeastern India, Nepal, through northern Burma to southwestern China and Vietnam. [2] The type locality given by Günther is "Khassya" (=Khasi Hills, India). [3]

Subspecies

Subspecies [2] [5] Taxon author [2] [5] Common name [8] Geographic range [8]
P. j. bourreti (Klemmer, 1963) Bourret's pitviperNorthwestern Vietnam (in the provinces of Lào Cai and Lai Châu, and possibly also in adjacent China (Yunnan).
P. j. jerdonii(Günther, 1875) Jerdon's pitviperSouthwestern China (in the provinces of southern Xizang (Tibet), western Sichuan and Yunnan), northeastern India, Bangladesh, Burma (Chin and Kachin state), and northeastern Nepal.
P. j. xanthomelas (Günther, 1889)red spotted pitviperCentral and southern China (in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei and Guangxi) and northeastern India(Arunachal Pradesh). [9]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Protobothrops.

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References

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