Gloydius chambensis

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 chambensis

Name

Gloydius chambensis Kuttalam, Santra, Owens, Selvan, Mukherjee, Graham, Togridou, Bharti, Shi, Shanker & Malhotra, 2022: 16

• Holotype: HARC R259, adult ♂, collected by Sourish Kuttalam, Vishal Santra, John Benjamin Owens, Vipin Dhiman, Anita Malhotra, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Stuart Graham and Anatoli Togridou on 10 July 2019.
• Type locality: “India, Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Bhanjraru (32.83909° N, 76.14932° E) 1738 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Kuttalam, S., Santra, V., Owens, J.B., Selvan, M., Mukherjee, N., Graham, S., Togridou, A., Bharti, O.K., Shi, J.-S., Shanker, K. & Malhotra, A. 2022. Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of Gloydius himalayanus (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 852(1): 1–30. DOI: 0.5852/ejt.2022.852.2003 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Chamba Pitviper