Protobothrops jerdonii

Protobothrops jerdonii

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: Protobothrops
Species: Protobothrops jerdonii

Name

Protobothrops jerdonii (Günther, 1875)

• Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.1.18.66–68 (formerly 1872.4.17.138, 1872.4.17.242 and 1872.4.17.267), two ♂ and a ♀, collected by T.C. Jerdon between 1836–1852.
• Type locality: “Khassya [=Khasi Hills]”, Meghalaya State, India.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus jerdonii Günther, 1875: 233 [original combination]
• Lachesis jerdonii — Boulenger, 1896: 551 [subsequent combination]
• Protobothrops jerdonii — Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983: 87 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained bv the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 224–234. BHL
• Hoge, A.R. & Romano-Hoge, S.A. [1980/81] 1983. Notes on micro and ultrastructure of “Oberhäutchen” in Viperoidea. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 44/45: 81–118. Full article. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kraus, F., Mink, D.G. & Brown, W.M. 1996. Crotaline intergeneric relationships based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Copeia 1996(4): 763–773. DOI: 10.2307/1447637 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops jerdonii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 November 2020.
• Wogan, G., Das, I., Jiang, J. & Bain, R. 2012. IUCN: Protobothrops jerdonii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T178419A1533609. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T178419A1533609.en

Vernacular names

English: Jerdon's Mountain Pitviper

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