Gloydius blomhoffii

Gloydius blomhoffii

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: Gloydius
Species: Gloydius blomhoffii

Name

Gloydius blomhoffii (Boie, 1826)

• Holotype: ZMA RENA.15179, collected by J.C. Blomhoff between 1817–1824.
• Type locality: “Japan”.

Combinations

• Trigonocephalus blomhoffii Boie, 1826: 214 [original combination]
• Halys blomhoffii — Günther, 1864: 393 [subsequent combination]
• Ancistrodon blomhoffii — Boulenger, 1890: 140 [subsequent combination]
• Agkistrodon blomhoffii — Stejneger, 1907: 457 [subsequent combination]
• Gloydius blomhoffii — Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1980: 195 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Trigonocephalus affinis Gray, 1849: 14 [status unclear]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.1 (formerly BMNH i.7.2a), ♂, presented by Capt. Edward Belcher.
  • Type locality: unknown, possibly from “Ishigaki shima, in the Yaeyama group” fide Stejneger (1907: 461).

• Trigonocephalus blomhoffii megaspilus Cope, 1860: 336
  • Holotype: ANSP 136, collected in Perry Expedition between 1852–1854.
  • Type locality: unknown, probably Japan.

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and the satellite islands.
• Russia: Kunasir Island.

References

Primary references

• Boie, H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischen Lurche. Isis von Oken 18(2): 203–216. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Catalogue of the venomous serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes on the families, genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 332–347. BHL Reference page. 
• Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577, 35 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Orlov, N.L., Sundukov, Y. & Kropachev, I. 2014. Distribution of Pitvipers of «Gloydius blomhoffii» Complex in Russia with the First Records of Gloydius blomhoffii blomhoffii at Kunashir Island (Kuril Archipelago, Russian Far East). Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(3): 169–178. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2014-21-3-169-178 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gloydius blomhoffii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2019.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2018. IUCN: Gloydius blomhoffii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T192065A2035458. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T192065A2035458.en

Vernacular names

English: Mamushi
日本語: ニホンマムシ
한국어: 살무사

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