Protobothrops mangshanensis (ZHAO, 1990)

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Mangshan pitviper, Mt. Mang Pitviper, Mang Mountain Pitviper
Synonym	Trimeresurus mangshanensis ZHAO 1990 Ermia mangshanensis — ZHANG 1993 Ermia mangshanensis — ZHANG 1998 Trimeresurus mangshanensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 339 Ermia mangshanensis — GUMPRECHT et al. 2002 Zhaoermia mangshanensis — GUMPRECHT & TILLACK 2004 (nom. nov.) Zhaoermia mangshanensis — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004 Protobothrops mangshanensis — ORLOV et al. 2009
Distribution	China (Hunan) Type locality: Mt. Mang (Mangshan), Pingkeng District, Yizhang County, Hunan Province, China, elevation 700-900 m. Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Holotype: ZS 8901 Paratype: ZS 8902
Comment	Venomous! Nomenclature: The genus Ermia is pre-occupied by a locust genus. Reproduction: oviparous.
References	David, Patrick;Tong, Haiyan 1997. Translations of recent descriptions of Chinese pitvipers of the Trimeresurus-complex (Serpentes, Viperidae), with a key to the complex in China and adjacent areas Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (112): 1-31 - get paper here Gumprecht, A.; Boyer, D.M. & Tepedelen, K. 2002. Die Grubenottern der Gattung Trimeresurus (sensu lato) LACÉPÈDE, Teil I: Anmerkungen zur Biologie, Haltung und ANchzucht von Ermia mangshangensis (ZHAO 1990). Sauria 24 (4): 3-11 - get paper here Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A. & Ryabow, S. 2004. Asian pitvipers. Geitje Books, Berlin, 368 pp. Gumprecht, Andreas and Frank Tillack 2004. Proposal for a replacement name of the snake genus Ermia Zhang, 1993. Russ. J. Herpetol. 11(1): 73-76. - get paper here Guo, P., F. J. Zhang, and Y. Y. Chen. 1999. Catalogue of type specimens of reptiles in the Herpetological Collections of Chengdu Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 43~47 - get paper here Guo, P.; Jadin, R.C.; Malhotra, A. & Li, C. 2009. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica 91: 402-407 McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp. Orlov, Nikolai L.; Sergei A. Ryabov, and Nguyen Thien Tao 2009. Two New Species of Genera Protobothrops Hoge et Romano-Hoge, 1983 and Viridovipera Malhotra et Thorpe, 2004 (Ophidia: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Karst Region in Northeastern Vietnam. Part I. Description of a New Species of Protobothrops Genus. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16 (1): 69-82 - get paper here Spranger, Tade Matthias 2012. Haltung und Handel „exotischer” Tiere als Gegenstand des Polizei- und Ordnungsrechts Draco 13 (51): 44-53 - get paper here YANG, JIAN-HUAN; NIKOLAI L. ORLOV & YING-YONG WANG 2011. A new species of pitviper of the genus Protobothrops from China (Squamata: Viperidae) Zootaxa 2936: 59–68 - get paper here Zhang, F.J. 1993. Division of the genus Trimeresurus (sensu lato) based on the morphology of their skulls. In: Zhao, E.M. et al. (eds.) Proc. First Asian herpetology Meeting 1992; Chines Forestry Press (Beijing), Herp. Ser. 4: 48-57 Zhang, F.J. 1998. Division of the distinct pit viper of genus Ermia (Serpentes: Viperidae) of China. Russ. J. Herpetol. 5 (1): 83-84. - get paper here Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522 Zhao,E. in: Zhao E; Chen Y 1990. Description of a new species of the genus Trimeresurus. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 9 (1) : 11-12 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Protobothrops mangshanensis - Vulnerable, VU Google images

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