Trimeresurus caudornatus

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: Trimeresurus
Species: Trimeresurus caudornatus

Name

Trimeresurus caudornatus Chen, Ding, Vogel & Shi in Chen et al., 2020: 116

• Holotype: ZMNH AR1238, adult ♂, collected by L. Ding and Z. Chen on 17 September 2018.
• Type locality: “Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province (24.6973°N, 97.5805° E, and 389 m A.S. L.), China”.

References

Primary references

• Chen, Z.-N., Yu, J.-P., Vogel, G., Shi, S.-C., Song, Z.-B., Tang, Y.-Z., Yang, J., Ding, L. & Chen, C.-S. 2020. A new pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus (Lacépède, 1804) (Squamata: Viperidae) from Southwest China. Zootaxa 4768(1): 112–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.1.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Ornamental Tailed Pitviper