Protobothrops xiangchengensis

Last updated

Protobothrops xiangchengensis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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)
Protobothrops xiangchengensis distribution.png
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus XiangchengensisZhao, 1978
  • Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
    Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978
  • Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
    – Zhao, 1979 [2]
  • Protobothrops xiangchengensis
    – Gumprecht et al., 2004, [3]
  • Protobothrops xiangchengensis
    – Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004 [4]

Protobothrops xiangchengensis, commonly known as the Szechwan pit viper, Kham Plateau pit viper, [1] [3] [5] or Sichuan lancehead, [1] is a pit viper species endemic to the Hengduan Mountains in south-central China. [1] [5] No subspecies are currently recognized. [5] [6]

Contents

Taxonomy

Originally described as a member of the genus Trimeresurus , it was later reassigned to Protobothrops. [1] [4] [5]

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. [3]

Geographic range

Protobothrops xiangchengensis is endemic to the Hengduan Mountains in the provinces of Yunnan and western Sichuan, China. [1] According to David & Tong (1997), the type locality given is "Sichuan Province, Xiangcheng, altitude 3100 m [10,200 ft]". [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. Bibcode:2004MolPE..32...83M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008. PMID   15186799. [erratum, p. 680.]
  5. 1 2 3 4 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


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.