Protobothrops cornutus
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| Species: | T. cornutus
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| Trimeresurus cornutus M.A. Smith, 1930[2]
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- Common names: Fan-Si-Pan horned pitviper.[4]
Trimeresurus cornutus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Vietnam. Previously, it had been known from only two specimens, but was recently rediscovered in the central part of the country. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Geographic range
Found in Vietnam in Bạch Mã and Tonkin. The type locality given is "Fan-si-pan mountains, Tonkin, Indo-China"[2] (Mount Fansipan, Sa Pa District, Nghệ An Province, northwestern Vietnam).[4]
Gumprecht et al. (2004) write that, previously, this species had been known from only two specimens, but was rediscovered in central Vietnam (Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Quảng Bình Province) in 2001 (Ziegler and Herrmann, 2002).[4]
Habitat
It occurs in rainforests at low elevations.[2]
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Conservations status
This species is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2001).[1]
Taxonomy
Herrmann et al. (2004) moved this species to the genus Protobothrops based on external and hemipenal morphology, as well as molecular data.[4]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ^ a b http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22151/0
- ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c d Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ^ "Trimeresurus cornutus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
Further reading
- Smith, M.A. 1930. Two new Snakes from Tonkin, Indo-China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 6: 681-683.
External links
- Protobothrops cornutus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2007.