Protobothrops xiangchengensis

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 xiangchengensis

Name

Protobothrops xiangchengensis (Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978)

• Holotype: CIB 725049 or 725050, ♂, collected on 17 October 1972.
• Type locality: “Sichuan Province, Xiangcheng, altitude 3100 m”.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus xiangchengensis Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978: 21 [original combination]
• Protobothrops xiangchengensis — Guo, Pang, Zhang & Zhao, 2006: 434 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Zhao, E.-M., Jiang, Y.-M. & Huang, Q.-Y. 1978. [Three new snake species from China] (In Chinese). Materials for Herpetological Research 4: 21.
• Guo, P., Pang, J.-F., Zhang, Y.-P. & Zhao, E.-M. 2006. A Re-analysis of the phylogeny of the genus Protobothrops (Reptilia: Viperidae), with particular reference to the systematic position of P. xiangchengensis. Amphibia-Reptilia 27(3): 433–439. DOI: 10.1163/156853806778189954 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops xiangchengensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 November 2020.
• Guo, P. & Jiang, J. 2012. IUCN: Protobothrops xiangchengensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T186095A1810271. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T186095A1810271.en

Vernacular names

English: Szechwan Pitviper