Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas

Subspecies of snake

Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas

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

P. jerdonii

Subspecies:  |

P. j. xanthomelas

Trinomial name
Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas

Günther, 1889

Synonyms

* Trimeresurus xanthomelas Günther, 1889
* Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas - Mell, 1931
* Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas - Welch, 1988[1]

Protobothrops jerdonii xanthomelas[2] is a venomous pit viper subspecies[3] endemic to China.

## Description[edit]

Adults may attain a total length of 31 in (79 cm), which includes a tail 5 in (13 cm) long.[4]

The scalation includes 21-23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 176-188 ventral scales, 54-67 subcaudal scales, and 7-8 supralabial scales.[2]

## Geographic range[edit]

Found in Central and southern China, in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Guangxi. The type locality given is "Ichang" (=Yichang Shi, Hubei, China).[2]

## See also[edit]

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
* Snakebite

## References[edit]

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).
2. ^ a b c Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
3. ^ "Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
4. ^ Günther. 1889. p. 222.

## Further reading[edit]

* Günther, A. 1889\. Third Contribution to our Knowledge of Reptiles and Fishes from the Upper Yangtsze-Kiang. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series, 4 (21): 218–229. (Trimeresurus xanthomelas, pp. 219, 221–222).

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Protobothrops jerdonii.

* Video of T. j. xanthomelas, feeding on YouTube. Accessed 8 September 2008.
* Video of T. j. xanthomelas giving birth, part 1 on YouTube. Accessed 8 September 2008.
* Video of T. j. xanthomelas giving birth, part 2 on YouTube. Accessed 8 September 2008.

Taxon identifiers

Trimeresurus jerdonii xanthomelas|

* Wikidata: Q7842180
* EoL: 1250283
* GBIF: 6157495
* ITIS: 635226

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