Protobothrops sieversorum

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 Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

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

Name

Protobothrops sieversorum (Ziegler, Herrmann, David, Orlov & Pauwels, 2000)

• Holotype: ZFMK 71262, adult ♂, collected by a local in 1999.
• Type locality: “Phong Nha (village), Phong Nha Nature Reserve, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, ~100 m a.s.l.”

Combinations

• Triceratolepidophis sieversorum Ziegler, Herrmann, David, Orlov & Pauwels, 2000: 201 [original combination]
• Protobothrops sieversorum — Guo, Malhotra, Li, Pook & Creer, 2007: 243 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Ziegler, T., Herrmann, H.-W., David, P., Orlov, N.L. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2000. Triceratolepidophis sieversorum, a New Genus and Species of Pitviper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 199–214. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-3-199-214 [nonfunctional] 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Protobothrops sieversorum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 November 2020.
• Stuart, B., Nguyen, T.Q. & Bain, R. 2012. IUCN: Protobothrops sieversorum  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T178708A1542311. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178708A1542311.en

Vernacular names

English: Three Horned-scaled Pitviper