Accepted scientific name: |
Protobothrops kaulbacki SMITH 1940 (accepted name) |
|
|
Synonyms: |
Trimeresurus kaulbacki SMITH 1940 (synonym) |
|
|
Common names: |
Common name |
Language |
Country |
|
Kaulback’s lance-headed pitviper |
- |
- |
|
|
Classification: |
|
Animalia |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d74fcd5e-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010
|
Phylum |
Chordata |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d757d544-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010
|
Class |
Reptilia |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d75cfe3e-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010
|
Order |
Squamata |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d75cff7e-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010
|
Family |
Viperidae |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d77dd8b6-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010
|
Genus |
Protobothrops |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d84696fc-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010
|
|
Distribution: |
N Myanmar (= Burma) Terra typica: Pangnamdim, north of the Triangle, Upper Burma. |
Additional data: |
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.19.23–24); 1943:512 Venomous! DIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS). Scales in 23–25 longitudinal rows at midbody; body elongate, head long, massive, with narrow snout; canthus rostralis sharp; single large, squarish loreal; first upper labial completely separated from nasal by a suture; second upper labial anteriorly bordering facial pit; 8–10 scales in line between supraoculars; supraoculars usually single, flat, without a vertical projection; dull grayish or olive green with large, blackish rhombohedral dorsal blotches, either distinct or united to one another; smaller spots on sides; symmetrical yellow lines on head; subcaudals paired; ventrals 201–212; subcaudals 66–78, some of the anterior scutes may be single, others paired; hemipenes with spines. Total length males 1340 mm, females 1410 mm; tail length males 225 mm, females 230 mm. [after LEVITON 2003]
|
Source database: |
TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007 |
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Uetz P., |
Online resource: |
http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Protobothrops&species=kaulbacki |
|
CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:edadefb8-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010 |