Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas

Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Trimeresurus
Species: T. jerdonii
Subspecies: T. j. xanthomelas
Trinomial name
Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas
Günther, 1889
Synonyms
  • Trimeresurus xanthomelas Günther, 1889
  • Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas Mell, 1931
  • Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas Welch, 1988[1]
Common names: Red spotted pitviper.[2]

Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] endemic to China.

Description

Adults may attain a total length of 31 in (79 cm), which includes a tail 5 in (13 cm) long.[4]

The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 176-188 ventral scales, 54-67 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]

Geographic range

Found in Central and southern China, in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Guangxi. The type locality given is "Ichang" (=Yichang Shi, Hubei, China).[2]

See also

References

  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 1 2 3 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
  3. "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  4. Günther. 1889. p. 222.

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