Trimeresurus tibetanus
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| Trimeresurus tibetanus | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. tibetanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus tibetanus Huang, 1982 | |
| Synonyms | |
- Common names: Tibetan bamboo pit viper.[4]
Trimeresurus tibetanus is a venomous pit viper species found only in Tibet. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Description
Scalation includes 21 (19 or 20) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 147-152/145-159 ventral scales in males/females, 46-54/40-48 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 7-9 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
Found in Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region, China). The type locality given is "Xizang Province, Nielamou District, Quekesumou, altitude 3,200 metres (10,500 ft)". In their English translation of Huang's publication, David and Tong (1997) list the type locality as "Tibet", but give "Naylam, Chokesumo" in the summary.[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
- ↑ Richman, N. & Böhm, M. (2010). "Himalayophis tibetanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pit vipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus tibetanus". 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.
- Huang, Zheng-yi. 1982. A New Species of Crotalid Snake from Tibet [in Chinese]. Fudan Journal (Natural Science) 21 (1): 116-118.
External links
- Trimeresurus tibetanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2008.
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