Gloydius halys
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Gloydius halys is a pit viper species found within a wide range that stretches across Asia, from Russia, east of the Urals, eastwards through China. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominotypical form described here.[4]
Description
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Dorsally, G. halys is grayish, pale brown, reddish, or yellowish, with large dark spots or crossbars, the borders of which are serrated. One or two lateral series of smaller dark spots are present. There is a wide dark stripe behind the eye, bordered by light stripes both above and below. The venter is whitish, speckled with gray or brown.
The strongly keeled dorsal scales are arranged in 23 rows at midbody. The ventrals number 149-174. The anal plate is entire. The subcaudals number 31-44, and are divided (paired).[5]
Common names
Common names for G. halys include Siberian pit viper,[1] Halys viper,[2] Halys pit viper, Pallas's pit viper, Asiatic pit viper, Asiatic moccasin,[3] shchitomordnik,[6] Pallas's viper, Pallas pit viper, Korean pit viper, Mongolian pit viper.[7]
Geographic range
Gloydius halys is found in Russia, east of the Ural Mountains through Siberia, Iran, Mongolia to northern and central China, as well as the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan. According to Gloyd and Conant (1990), the type locality given is "Salt Lake near the Lugaskoi Sawod (factory) on the Upper Yenisey" (Siberia, Russia). Redefined by Bour (1993) as "Naryn or Ryn Peski desert, near the Russia-Kazakhstan border".[8]
Subspecies
| Subspecies[4] | Taxon author[4] | Common name[9] | Geographic range[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. h. boehmei | Nilson, 1983 | Boehme's pitviper[10] | Known only from the type locality: Andarab valley, province of Baghlan, at 2,500 m altitude, eastern Afghanistan.[9] |
| G. h. halys | (Pallas, 1776) | Siberian pitviper | Southern Siberia and Mongolia, from the Zeya River west to longitude 74° E.[1] |
| G. h. mogoi | Bour, 1993 | Western Mongolia.[9] | |
| G. h. ubsunurensis | Kropachev & Orlov, 2017 | West and South Mongolia and Tuva Republic, Russia. [11] |
Etymology
The subspecific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[10]
References
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- ↑ a b c d Gloyd HK, Conant R (1990). Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Gotch, Arthur Frederick (1986). Reptiles – Their Latin Names Explained. Poole, UK: Blandford Press. 176 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Steward JW (1971). The Snakes of Europe. Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Press (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). 238 pp. LCCCN 77-163307. Template:ISBN.
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- ↑ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Ancistrodon halys, pp. 524–525).
- ↑ Brown, John Haynes (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ U.S. Navy (1991). Poisonous Snakes of the World. New York: U.S. Government / Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ a b c Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Gloydius halys boehmei, p. 30).
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Further reading
- Pallas PS (1776). "Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs ". Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg 3. (Coluber halys, new species, p. 703). (in German and Latin).
External links
- Gloydius halys at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.