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Protobothrops flavoviridis (HALLOWELL, 1861)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesProtobothrops flavoviridis flavoviridis (HALLOWELL 1861)
Protobothrops flavoviridis tinkhami (GLOYD 1955) 
Common NamesE: Habu 
SynonymBothrops flavoviridis HALLOWELL 1861: 492
Trimeresurus riukiuanus HILGENDORF 1880: 118
Trimeresurus riukiuanus — FISCHER 1888: 20
Trimeresurus flavoviridis — BOULENGER 1890: 425
Lachesis flavoviridis — BOULENGER 1896: 550
Trimeresurus flavoviridis — STEJNEGER 1907: 475
Trimeresurus flavoviridis flavoviridis — MAKI 1931: 230
Protobothrops flavoviridis — HOGE & ROMANO-HOGE 1983
Protobothrops flavoviridis — WELCH 1994: 103
Trimeresurus flavoviridis — MCDIARMID et al. 1999
Protobothrops flavoviridis — TU et al. 2000
Protobothrops flavoviridis — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004
Trimeresurus flavoviridis — GORIS & MAEDA 2004: 268
Protobothrops flavoviridis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 572

Protobothrops flavoviridis tinkhami (GLOYD 1955)
Trimeresurus flavoviridis tinkhami GLOYD 1955 
DistributionJapan (Okinawa, Amami)

Type locality: Amakarima Island [=Kerama-Retto Island, adjacent island of Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP [no registry number given], according to Leviton (1968:564). Cited as USNM 7512, but thought to be lost fide Stejneger, 1907: 476 (Macomb, April 1855).
Holotype: USNM 137285 [tinkhami] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3225 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy partly after STEJNEGER 1907. The subspecies tinkhami is not recognized by GUMPRECHT et al. 2004.

Type species: Trimeresurus flavoviridis Hallowell, 1861 is the type species of the genus Protobothrops Hoge and Romano-Hoge, 1983:87.

Distribution: see map in Guo et a. 2016: 383 (Fig. 1).

Key: SUMONTHA et al. 2020 provide a key to the species of Protobothrops and a list of traits for all species. 
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