Trimeresurus tokarensis

Trimeresurus tokarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. tokarensis
Binomial name
Trimeresurus tokarensis
Nagai, 1928
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus tokarensis - Nagai, 1928
  • Trimeresurus flavoviridis tokarensis - Maki, 1931
  • Protobothrops tokarensis - Welch, 1988
  • Trimeresurus tokarensis - Golay et al., 1993
  • P[rotobothrops]. tokarensis - Kraus, Mink & Brown, 1996[1]
Common names: Tokara habu.[2]

Trimeresurus tokarensis is a venomous pitviper species found in the Tokara Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

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Description

Scalation includes 31 (31-33) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales and 8 (7-9) supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

Found in Japan on the islands of Takara-jima and Kotakara-jima. According to Golay et al. (1993), the type locality is "Takara-jima, province of Kagoshima, Ryukyu Islands."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. ^ "Trimeresurus tokarensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634935. Retrieved 25 July 2008. 

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