Gloydius liupanensis

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: Gloydius
Species: Gloydius liupanensis

Name

• Gloydius liupanensis (Liu, Song & Luo, 1989)

Holotype: DBLU.

Type locality: “Liupashan, Ningxia [=Liupan Mountains in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]”, China.

Combinations

• Agkistrodon halys liupanensis Liu, Song & Luo, 1989: 114 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Gloydius liupanensis — Guo & Zhang, 2002 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Gloydius strauchi (part) — Wang & Zhao, 2006: 210 [subsequent combination, synonymized liupanensis with strauchi]
• Gloydius liupanensis — Xu, Liu, Myers, Wang, Huang, He, Peng & Guo, 2012: 131 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Liu, N.-F., Song, Z.-M. & Luo, W.-Y. 1989. [A new subspecies of Agkistrodon halys] (In Chinese). Journal of Lanzhou University. Natural Sciences 25: 114–117. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gloydius liupanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 May 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Liupan Grubenotter
English: Mount Liupan Pitviper