Protobothrops elegans

Protobothrops elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Protobothrops
Species: Protobothrops elegans

Name

Protobothrops elegans (Gray, 1849)

• Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.20.2 (formerly 1847.3.4.62), juvenile indet., and BMNH 1946.1.19.31 (formerly 1847.3.4.64), adult ♂, presented by E. Belcher between 1843–1846.
• Type locality: “West coast of (North?) America?”, corrected to “Ishigaki shima” by Stejneger (1907: 471).

Combinations

• Craspedocephalus elegans Gray, 1849: 7 [original combination]
• Trimeresurus elegans — Stejneger, 1907: 470 [subsequent combination]
• Protobothrops elegans — Kraus, Mink & Brown, 1996: 769 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Trimeresurus luteus Boettger, 1895: 269 [synonymized by Stejneger (1907: 470)]
  • Syntypes (2): SMF 21215 and 21216 (formerly 9553a).
  • Type locality: “Liukiu-Inseln, angeblich von Yaeyama auf Mijakoshima, Südgruppe”.

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Ryukyu Islands : Yaeyama Islands: Aragusukujima, Irimoteshima, Ishigakishima, Kayamajima, Kohamajima, Kuroshima, Miyakoshima, Sakishima and Taketomijima.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. i–xv + 1–125. BHL Reference page. 
• Boettger, O. 1895. Neue Frösche und Schlangen von den Liukiu-Inseln. Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 266–270. BHL
• Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577. BHL
• Kraus, F., Mink, D.G. & Brown, W.M. 1996. Crotaline intergeneric relationships based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Copeia 1996(4): 763–773. DOI: 10.2307/1447637 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2019.
• Ota, H. & Kidera, N. 2018. IUCN: Protobothrops elegans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T96265465A96265478. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T96265465A96265478.en

Vernacular names

English: Elegant Pitviper
日本語: サキシマハブ