Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

Protobothrops mucrosquamatus

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 mucrosquamatus

Name

Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (Cantor, 1839)

• Lectotype: specimen illustrated in colored sketch of T.E. Cantor (1834–1837: no. 18) in RSL. [designated by Smith (1943: 507)]
• Type locality: “Naga Hills, Assam”.

Combinations

• Trigonocephalus mucrosquamatus Cantor, 1839: 32 [original combination]
• Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus — Günther, 1864: 390 [subsequent combination]
• Lachesis mucrosquamatus — Boulenger, 1896: 552 [subsequent combination]
• Protobothrops mucrosquamatus — Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1983: 87 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium Serpentium Indicorum A. Venomous Serpents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 7(1): 31–34. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoge, A.R. & Romano-Hoge, S.A. [1980/81] 1983. Notes on micro and ultrastructure of “Oberhäutchen” in Viperoidea. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 44/45: 81–118. Full article. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kraus, F., Mink, D.G. & Brown, W.M. 1996. Crotaline intergeneric relationships based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Copeia 1996(4): 763–773. DOI: 10.2307/1447637 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops mucrosquamatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 November 2020.
• Papenfuss, T.J. 2010. IUCN: Protobothrops mucrosquamatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178409A7540882. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178409A7540882.en

Vernacular names

English: Brown Spotted Pitviper

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