Trimeresurus xiangchengensis
| Trimeresurus xiangchengensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. xiangchengensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus xiangchengensis Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1979 | |
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| Synonyms | |
- Common names: Kham Plateau pitviper.,[3] Chinese (local name): 乡城竹叶青蛇 by which you may also find a related article in Chinese language zh.wikipedia.org.
Trimeresurus xiangchengensis is a venomous pit viper species endemic to south-central China. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Taxonomy
It should be noted that there is a genetic proposal to reassign this species to the genus Protobothrops, as Protobothrops xiangchengensis, because a "phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis)".[4]
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
Found in China in the provinces of Yunnan and western Sichuan. According to David & Tong (1997), the type locality given is "Sichuan Province, Xiangcheng, altitude 3100 m [10,200 ft]".[2]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/191906/0
- 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).
- 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.
- 1 2 Malhotra, Anita & Thorpe, Roger S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pit vipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 83 –100. [erratum, p. 680.]
- ↑ "Trimeresurus xiangchengensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
Further reading
- David, Patrick, and Haiyan Tong. 1997. Translations of Recent Descriptions of Chinese Pitvipers of the Trimeresurus-complex (Serpentes, Viperidae), with a Key to the Complex in China and Adjacent Areas. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (112): 1-31.
- Zhao, Er-mi; Jiang, Yao-ming; & Huang, Qing-yun. 1979. Three new snake species in China. Materials Herpetological Research Chengden 4: 21.
External links
- Protobothrops xiangchengensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2007.