Protobothrops kaulbacki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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

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).

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

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.

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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. 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