Protobothrops elegans

Protobothrops elegans

Taxonavigation

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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: Protobothrops
Species: Protobothrops elegans

Name

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Protobothrops elegans (Gray, 1849)

  • Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.20.2 (formerly 1847.3.4.62), juvenile indet., and BMNH 1946.1.19.31 (formerly 1847.3.4.64), adult ♂, presented by E. Belcher between 1843–1846.
  • Type locality: “West coast of (North?) America?”, corrected to “Ishigaki shima” by Stejneger (1907: 471).

Combinations

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  • Craspedocephalus elegans Gray, 1849: 7 [original combination]
  • Trimeresurus elegansStejneger, 1907: 470 [subsequent combination]
  • Protobothrops elegansKraus, Mink & Brown, 1996: 769 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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  • Trimeresurus luteus Boettger, 1895: 269 [synonymized by Stejneger (1907: 470)]
    • Syntypes (2): SMF 21215 and 21216 (formerly 9553a).
    • Type locality: “Liukiu-Inseln, angeblich von Yaeyama auf Mijakoshima, Südgruppe”.

Native distribution areas

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  • Japan: Ryukyu Islands : Yaeyama Islands: Aragusukujima, Irimoteshima, Ishigakishima, Kayamajima, Kohamajima, Kuroshima, Miyakoshima, Sakishima and Taketomijima.

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Elegant Pitviper
日本語: サキシマハブ