Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas
Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas, commonly known as the red spotted pitviper,[2] is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] endemic to China.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Protobothrops |
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| Subspecies: | P. j. xanthomelas |
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| Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas Günther, 1889 | |
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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]
References
- 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).
- Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- Günther. 1889. p. 222.
Further reading
- Günther, A. 1889. Third Contribution to our Knowledge of Reptiles and Fishes from the Upper Yangtsze-Kiang. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series, 4 (21): 218–229. (Trimeresurus xanthomelas, pp. 219, 221-222).
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Protobothrops jerdonii. |
- Video of T. j. xanthomelas, feeding on YouTube. Accessed 8 September 2008.
- Video of T. j. xanthomelas giving birth, part 1 on YouTube. Accessed 8 September 2008.
- Video of T. j. xanthomelas giving birth, part 2 on YouTube. Accessed 8 September 2008.
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