Trimeresurus tibetanus

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: Trimeresurus
Species: Trimeresurus tibetanus

Name

Trimeresurus tibetanus Huang, 1982: 116

• Holotype: FDU 80001, adult ♀, collected by Sog Lang Jo Gar on 5 May 1979.
• Type locality: “Xizang Province, Nielamou District, Quekesumou, altitude 3200 m”.
• Paratype: FDU 80002, adult ♂, same data as the holotype.

Synonyms

• Trimeresurus karanshahi Orlov & Helfenberger, 1997: 195 [synonymised by Tillack, Lorenz, Orlov, Helfenberger, Shah & Eckert (2003: 5)]
  • Holotype: MHNG 2590.37, adult ♂, collected on 16 October 1996.
  • Type locality: “Central Nepal, Bagmati province, Godavari village, Phulchoki mountains, 2700 m”.

References

Primary references

• Huang, Z.-Y. 1982. 西藏蝮科蛇类一新种 [=A new species of the Crotalidae snake from Tibetan] (in Chinese). Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science) 21(1): 116–118. Abstract Reference page. 
• Orlov, N.L. & Helfenberger, N. 1997. New mountain species of Trimeresurus (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) of the "green" pit vipers group from the Himalayas. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(2): 195–197. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-2-195-197 Reference page. 
• Tillack, F., Lorenz, M., Orlov, N.L., Helfenberger, N., Shah, K.B. & Eckert, W. 2003. Shah's Grubenotter Trimeresurus karanshahi Orlov & Helfenberger, 1997 - ein Juniorsynonym von Trimeresurus tibetanus Huang, 1982 (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), mit Angaben zur Verbreitung, Biologie und der Vorstellung neuer Farbvarianten aus Zentral-Nepal. Sauria 25(2): 3–15. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trimeresurus tibetanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 May 2022.
• Rao, D.-Q., Li, P., Tshewang, S., Limbu, K. & Bhattarai, S. 2021. IUCN: Trimeresurus tibetanus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178471A1535651. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178471A1535651.en. Accessed on 13 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tibetan Pit Viper