Protobothrops flavirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

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

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

Name

Protobothrops flavirostris Grassby-Lewis, Brakels, Maury, Sitthivong, Frohlich, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Nguyen & Poyarkov, 2025: 49

• Holotype: NUOL R.2024.89, adult ♀, collected by R.J. Grassby-Lewis, P. Brakels, N. Maury and S. Sitthivong on 21 October 2024.
• Type locality: “the environs of the Khan Kham Cave in Vang Vieng District, Vientiane Province, Laos (elevation 360 m a.s.l.; approximate coordinates: 18.90°N, 102.43°E; exact coordinates are not released for conservation purposes)”.

References

Primary references

• Grassby-Lewis, R.J., Brakels, P., Maury, N., Sitthivong, S., Frohlich, D., Pawangkhanant, P., Idiiatullina, S.S., Nguyen, T.V. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A new endemic karst-associated species of lance-headed pit viper (Squamata, Viperidae, Protobothrops) from Laos. Herpetozoa 38: 43–60. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e146004 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Vang Vieng Lance-headed Pit Viper