Trimeresurus sichuanensis (GUO & WANG, 2011)
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Trimeresurus sichuanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Sichuan pitviper Chinese: 四川华蝮 |
| Synonym | Sinovipera sichuanensis GUO & WANG 2011 Trimeresurus stejnegeri — ZHAO et al. 2002: 233 (non Trimeresurus stejnegeri SCHMIDT 1925) Trimeresurus (Sinovipera) sichuanensis — DAVID et al. 2011 Sinovipera sichuanensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 678 Trimeresurus sichuanensis — GAO et al. 2022 Trimeresurus (Sinovipera) sichuanensis— MIRZA et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan, Hunan) Type locality: Hejiang County, Sichuan Province, China |
| Reproduction | viviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: YBU 071077, an adult female (Figs. 3–4). It was collected near a small river in the forest by a local farmer at an elevation of 1000 m above sea level in August 2007. The specimen is deposited in Yibin University. Paratype: YBU030116, adult female (Figs. 5–6). Collected in July 2003, from the same locality, and by the same farmer, as that of the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus Sinovipera and species): A genus of Asian pitviper within Trimeresurus (sensu lato) having the following combination of characters: (1) the first supralabial completely separated from the nasal; (2) a uniform green dorsum without postocular streak and ventrolateral stripes in females; (3) eyes deep red in females; (4) tail prehensile, its end rusty red in upper part; (5) large body size, with the maximum total length exceeding 1000 mm in females. |
| Comment | Venomous! Type species: Sinovipera sichuanensis is the type species of the genus Sinovipera GUO & WANG 2011. Conservation: one of the 30 most endangered viper species (Maritz et al. 2016). Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | The generic nomen Sinovipera is derived from the modern Latin adjective sinicus (a, um), based on the noun Sina (-ae), “China”, and the Latin noun Vipera (-ae), meaning '“a viper”. the species eptithet refers to the type locality in Sichuan Province. |
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