Protobothrops mangshanensis

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

Protobothrops mangshanensis (Zhao, 1990)

Holotype: CIB 8901 (formerly ZS 8901), ♀, collected by G.-H. Chen & Y.L. Tao between 15–30 September 1989.
Type locality: “Pingkeng District, Mt. Mang (Mangshan), Yizhang County, Hunan Province, altitude 700–900 m”.

Trimeresurus mangshanensis Zhao in Zhao & Chen, 1990: 11 [original combination]
Ermia mangshanensis — Zhang, 1993 [subsequent combination]
Zhaoermia mangshanensis — Gumprecht & Tillack, 2004 [subsequent combination]
Protobothrops mangshanensis — Gou, Malhotra, Li, Pook & Creer, 2007 [subsequent combination]

Zhao, E.-M. & Chen, Y. 1990. [Description of a new species of the genus Trimeresurus]. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 9(1): 11–12.
Guo, P., Malhotra, A., Li, P.-P., Pook, C.E. & Creer, S. 2007. New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops. Herpetological Journal 17(4): 237–246. Reference page.

Zhou, Z. 2022. IUCN: Protobothrops mangshanensis (Endangered) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T192140A217768687. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T192140A217768687.en. Accessed on 06 January 2024.

English: Mangshan Pit Viper