Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas

Taxobox
name = "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Trimeresurus"
species = "T. jerdonii"
subspecies = "T. j. xanthomelas"
trinomial = "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas"
trinomial_authority = Günther, 1889
synonyms = * "Trimeresurus xanthomelas" - Günther, 1889
* "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas" - Mell, 1931
* "Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas" - Welch, 1988McDiarmid 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: Red spotted 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 jerdonii xanthomelas" is a venomous pitviper subspeciesITIS|ID=635226|taxon="Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas"|year=2008|date=12 August] found in China.

Description

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

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).

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

External links

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