Protobothrops kaulbacki

Taxonavigation edit

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 kaulbacki

Name edit

Protobothrops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)

  • Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.19.23-24 (formerly 1940.6.1.51-52), ♂ and ♀, collected by Ronald Kaulback between 1937-1939.
  • Type locality: “Trans-Himalayan region on the borders of Tibet and China, to the north of the tribal area generally known as the Triangle”, restricted to “Pangnamdim, north of the Triangle, Upper Burma” by Smith (1943: 512).

Combinations edit

  • Trimeresurus kaulbacki Smith, 1940: 485 [original combination]
  • Protobothrops kaulbackiKraus, Mink & Brown, 1996: 769 [subsequent combination]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Kaulback’s Lance-headed Pitviper