Garthius chaseni

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: Garthius
Species: Garthius chaseni

Garthius chaseni (Smith, 1931)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.84 (formerly BMNH 1929.12.22.115), adult ♂, collected by F.N. Chasen & H.M. Pendlebury between April–May 1929.
Type locality: “Kiau”.

Smith, M.A. 1931. The herpetology of Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, 13,455 ft. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 5: 8–32, 2 pls. PDF Reference page.

Malhotra, A. & Thorpe, R.S. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 83–100. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.02.008 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Garthius chaseni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 May 2021.
Das, I. 2012. IUCN: Garthius chaseni (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190646A1956273. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T190646A1956273.en

English: Mount Kinabalu Pit Viper