- Trimeresurus tibetanus
Taxobox
name = "Trimeresurus tibetanus"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
subphylum =Vertebrata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Viperidae
subfamilia =Crotalinae
genus = "Trimeresurus "
species = "T. tibetanus"
binomial = "Trimeresurus tibetanus"
binomial_authority = Huang, 1982
synonyms = * "Trimeresurus tibetanus", Huang, 1982McDiarmid 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).]:"Common names: Tibetan bamboo pitviper.Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.] ""Trimeresurus tibetanus" is a venomous pitviper
species found only inTibet . Nosubspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634934|taxon="Trimeresurus tibetanus"|year=2008|date=28 July]Description
Scalation includes 21 (19 or 20) rows of
dorsal scales at midbody, 147-152/145-159ventral scales in males/females, 46-54/40-48subcaudal scales in males/females and 7-9supralabial scales .Geographic range
Found in
Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region ,China ). The type locality given is "Xizang Province, Nielamou District, Quekesumou, altitude 3200 m." 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.ee also
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List of crotaline species and subspecies
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