Trimeresurus salazar

Findings of T. salazar und T. cf. salazar as of 2022: Mirza et al. (light green), Rathee et al. (green), Koirala et al. (gray), Vogel et al. (yellow)

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
Subgenus: Trimeresurus (Trimeresurus)
Species: Trimeresurus salazar

Name

Trimeresurus salazar Mirza, Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande & Patel, 2020: 125

Holotype: BNHS 3554, adult ♂, collected by Harshal Bhosale, Pushkar Phansalkar, Mandar Sawant, and Zeeshan Mirza on 1 July 2019.
Type locality: “outskirts of Pakke Tiger Reserve, 0.64 nautical miles (1.19 km) north of Seijosa, East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh (26.968790N, 93.013984E, elevation 172 m a.s.l, datum WGS84), India”.

References

Primary references

Mirza, Z.A., Bhosale, H.S., Phansalkar, P.U., Sawant, M., Gowande, G.G. & Patel, M. 2020. A new species of green pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae) from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.48431 Reference page.

Additional references

Chandramouli, S.R., Campbell, P.D. & Vogel, G. 2020. A new species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Nicobar Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3): 169–176. ResearchGate Reference page.
Rathee, Y.S., Purkayastha, J., Dalal, S. & Lalremsanga, H.T.: First record of Salazar’s Pitviper (Trimeresurus salazar) from Meghalaya, India, with comments on hemipenes. In: Reptiles & Amphibians. 2021: 28 (1), pp 131–136, doi:10.17161/randa.v28i1.15369.

Koirala, B.K., Jamtsho, K., Phuntsho Wangdi, Tshering, D., Wangdi, R., Norbu, L., Phuntsho, S., Lhendup, S. & Nidup, T.: Diversity and distribution of snakes in Trashigang Territorial Forest Division, eastern Bhutan. In: Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13(1), 26 January 2021, pp. 17455–17469

Vogel, G., Mallik, A.K., Chandramouli, S.R., Sharma, V. & Ganesh, S.R. 2022. A review of records of the Trimeresurus albolabris Gray, 1842 group from the Indian subcontinent: expanded description and range extension of Trimeresurus salazar, redescription of Trimeresurus septentrionalis and rediscovery of historical specimens of Trimeresurus davidi (Reptilia: Viperidae). Zootaxa 5175(3): 343–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.3.2 Reference page.

Links

Matthew T. George: A viper named Salazar. In: The Week, May 31st 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Salazar’s Pit Viper
español: víbora de foseta de Salazar

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