Trimeresurus tibetanus

Short description: Species of snake

Trimeresurus tibetanus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Viperidae
Genus:  | Trimeresurus
Species:  |

T. tibetanus

Binomial name
Trimeresurus tibetanus

Huang, 1982

Synonyms

* Trimeresurus tibetanus
Huang, 1982[2]
* Trimeresurus karanshahi
Orlov & Helfenberger, 1998
* Himalayophis tibetanus
— Malhotra & Thorpe, 2004
* Trimeresurus (Himalayophis) tibetanus — David et al., 2011[3]

Trimeresurus tibetanus, commonly known as the Tibetan bamboo pit viper,[4] is a venomous pit viper species found only in Tibet. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## Description

Scalation includes 21 (19 or 20) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 147-152/145-159 ventral scales in males/females, 46-54/40-48 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 7-9 supralabial scales.[4]

## Geographic range

Found in Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region, China ). The type locality given is "Xizang Province, Nielamou District, Quekesumou, altitude 3,200 metres (10,500 ft)". In their English translation of Huang's publication, David and Tong (1997) list the type locality as "Tibet", but give "Naylam, Chokesumo" in the summary.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Richman, N.; Böhm, M. (2010). "Himalayophis tibetanus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2010: e.T178471A7553595. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178471A7553595.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/178471/0. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. ↑ "Trimeresurus tibetanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pit vipers. First Edition. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. ISBN:3-937975-00-4.
5. ↑ "Trimeresurus tibetanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634934. Retrieved 28 July 2008.

## Further reading

* David, Patrick, and Haiyan Tong. 1997. Translations of Recent Descriptions of Chinese Pitvipers of the Trimeresurus-complex (Serpentes, Viperidae), with a Key to the Complex in China and Adjacent Areas. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (112): 1-31.
* Huang, Zheng-yi. 1982. A New Species of Crotalid Snake from Tibet [in Chinese]. Fudan Journal (Natural Science) 21 (1): 116–118.

## External links

* Trimeresurus tibetanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2008.

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