Trimeresurus sichuanensis

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 sichuanensis

Name

Trimeresurus sichuanensis (Guo & Wang, 2011)

• Holotype: YBU 071077, adult ♀, collected by a local farmer in August 2007.
• Type locality: “Hejiang County, Sichuan Province, China. near a small river in the forest ... at an elevation of 1000 m above sea level”.

References

Primary references

• Guo, P. & Wang, Y.-Z. 2011. A new genus and species of cryptic Asian green pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from southwest China. Zootaxa 2918(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2918.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sichuan Pitviper