Gloydius tsushimaensis
| Gloydius tsushimaensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Gloydius |
| Species: | G. tsushimaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gloydius tsushimaensis (Isogawa, Moriya & Mitsui, 1994) | |
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Gloydius tsushimaensis, or the Tsushima Island pitviper, is a species of venomous snake in the Viperidae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Tsushima Island in Japan.[4]
References
- ↑ Isogawa, K., A. Moriya and S. Mitsui. 1994. A new snake from the genus Agkistrodon (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture. Jap. J. Herpetol. 15:101-111.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Gloydius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
- ↑ Gloydius tsushimaensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 February 2015.
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