Protobothrops trungkhanhensis

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 trungkhanhensis

Name

Protobothrops trungkhanhensis Orlov, Ryabov & Nguyen, 2009: 71

• Holotype: ZISP 25351, adult ♂, collected by T.T. Nguyen, N.L. Orlov and S.A. Ryabov in September 2008.
• Type locality: “Trung Khanh Nature Reserve, Trung Khanh district, Cao Bang Province, N-E Vietnam, elevation 600 m”.

References

Primary references

• Orlov, N.L., Ryabov, S.A. & Nguyen, T.T. 2009. Two New Species of Genera Protobothrops Hoge et Romano-Hoge, 1983 and Viridovipera Malhotra et Thorpe, 2004 (Ophidia: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Karst Region in northeastern vietnam. Part I. Description of a New Species of Protobothrops. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(1): 69–82. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2009-16-1-69-82 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops trungkhanhensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 November 2020.
• Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Protobothrops trungkhanhensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T193453A2237691. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193453A2237691.en

Vernacular names

English: Trungkhanh Pitviper