Protobothrops elegans
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Protobothrops elegans is a pit viper species endemic to Japan in the southern Ryukyu Islands.[1][2] No subspecies are currently recognized.[2][3] Common names include: elegant pit viper,[1][2][3][4] Script error: No such module "Nihongo".,[5] and elegant tree viper.[6]
Description
Scalation includes 25 (sometimes 23) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 179–192 (males) or 182–196 (females) ventral scales, 63–90 subcaudal scales, and 8 (sometimes 7 or 9) supralabial scales.[4]
During 1965–2011, 2447 snakebites from this snake are reported with one fatality.[7]
Geographic range
It is found in Japan in the southern Ryukyu Islands, specifically in the Yaeyama Islands.[1] The type locality is unknown. Boulenger listed it as "---- ?" while Gray's original 1849 description gives "West Coast of [North?] America." A restriction to "Ishigaki-Shima [Ryukyu Islands, Japan]" was proposed by Stejneger (1907).[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c Protobothrops elegans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 August 2022.
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- ↑ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. Template:ISBN.
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Further reading
- Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum. London. xv + 125 pp. (Craspedocephalus elegans, p. 7.)