Protobothrops kaulbacki

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 kaulbacki

Name

Protobothrops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)

• Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.19.23-24 (formerly 1940.6.1.51-52), ♂ and ♀, collected by Ronald Kaulback between 1937-1939.
• Type locality: “Trans-Himalayan region on the borders of Tibet and China, to the north of the tribal area generally known as the Triangle”, restricted to “Pangnamdim, north of the Triangle, Upper Burma” by Smith (1943: 512).

Combinations

• Trimeresurus kaulbacki Smith, 1940: 485 [original combination]
• Protobothrops kaulbacki — Kraus, Mink & Brown, 1996: 769 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, M.A. 1940. The Amphibians and Reptiles obtained by Mr. Ronald Kaulback in Upper Burma. Records of the Indian Museum 42: 465–486.
• 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. 

Additional references

• Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Li, P.-P., Pook, C.E. & Creer, S. 2007. New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops. Herpetological Journal 17(4): 237–246. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops kaulbacki. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 November 2020.
• Guo, P., Li, P. & Rao, D.-q. 2012. IUCN: Protobothrops kaulbacki  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T178685A1541636. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178685A1541636.en

Vernacular names

English: Kaulback’s Lance-headed Pitviper