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Gloydius chambensis KUTTALAM, SANTRA, OWENS, SELVAN, MUKHERJEE, GRAHAM, TOGRIDOU, BHARTI, SHI, SHANKER & MALHOTRA, 2022

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chamba Pitviper 
SynonymGloydius chambensis KUTTALAM, SANTRA, OWENS, SELVAN, MUKHERJEE, GRAHAM, TOGRIDOU, BHARTI, SHI, SHANKER & MALHOTRA 2022
Halys himalayanus GÜNTHER 1864: 393 (part.)
Ancistrodon himalayanus – BOULENGER 1896: 424
Ancistrodon himalayanus – SMITH 1943: 495
Agkistrodon himalayanus – GLOYD & CONANT 1990: 255
Agkistrodon himalayana – UNDERWOOD 1999: 3–8
Gloydius himalayanus – MCDIARMID et al. 1999: 305
Gloydius himalayanus – GUMPRECHT et al. 2004: 20
Gloydius himalayanus – WALLACH et al. 2014: 310 
DistributionIndia (Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh)

Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Bhanjraru (32.83909° N, 76.14932° E) 1738 m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: HARC R259 (collection of the High Altitude Research Centre, Solan, Himachal Pradesh), adult male, Collected by Sourish Kuttalam, Vishal Santra, John Benjamin Owens, Vipin Dhiman, Anita Malhotra, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Stuart Graham and Anatoli Togridou on 10 July 2019; DNA reference number 18.13;
Paratypes: none 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Gloydius chambensis can be identified by the number of gular scales in contact with the infralabial scales (4–5, mean 4.17), number of sublabial scales (9–10, mean 9.57) and the proportion of the first temporal scale covered by the postocular stripe (covering less than a quarter of the temporal scale). (Kuttalam et al. 2021).


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CommentDistribution: The Chamba and associated valleys have an elevational range from 400 m to 5500 m. The major river system of the valley is the Ravi River and it is isolated by two ranges, the Pir Panjal Range to the north and northwest and the Dhauladhar Range to the south and southeast. The exact distribution of the new species in the Chamba district requires further survey effort, as it may extend as far south as the Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary. Almost all the specimens were found close to rural households, and anecdotal interactions with the local villagers indicate that this is the venomous snake that is most commonly seen in the region and that causes the most bites to people in the valley, with bites resulting in pain, swelling, bruising, and bleeding. (Kuttalam et al. 2021). 
EtymologyThe specific epithet ‘chambensis’ means ‘from Chamba’ in reference to the species being distributed in Chamba District. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here
  • Gloyd, H. K. & R. CONANT 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon complex. A monographic review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Contributions to Herpetology No. 6. SSAR, Oxford, Ohio. vi + 614 pp; 52 pl.
  • Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004. Asian pitvipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp.
  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here
  • Kuttalam, S., Santra, V., Owens, J. B., Selvan, M., Mukherjee, N., Graham, S., Togridou, A., Bharti, O. K., Shi, J., Shanker, K., & Malhotra, A. 2022. Phylogenetic and morphological analysis of Gloydius himalayanus (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with the description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 852(1), 1–30 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2023. Liste der im Jahr 2022 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2023 (3): 48-73
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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