Gloydius halys

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 halys
Subspecies (4): G. h. boehmei – G. h. halys – G. h. mogoi – G. h. ubsunurensis

Name

Gloydius halys (Pallas, 1776)

Neotype: ZISP 14784, adult ♂, collected by P.S. Mikhno on 20 July 1930. [designated by Orlov & Barabanov (1999: 175)]

Type locality: “aridissimus deserti australis”, restricted to “Lugaskoi Zawod, oberes Jenissei Gebiet” by strauch (1873), redesigned by neotype designation to “Borgaiskaya steppe, 84 km W from Kyakhta town, Burin-Khan mountain” by Orlov & Barabanov (1999: 175).

Combinations

Coluber halys Pallas, 1776: 703 [original combination]
Trigonocephalus halys — Boie, 1827 [subsequent combination]
Gloydius halys — Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981: 196 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Pallas, P.S. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. Volume 3.1. Kayserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften: St. Petersburg. 703 pp.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gloydius halys. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 May 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Halys Pit Viper