Gloydius hazarensis JABLONSKI, TILLACK, TILLACK, PETZOLD, WILZO, DAS, IDREES, BANIYA, MASROOR & HOFMANN, 2026
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Gloydius hazarensis
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hazara Pitviper |
| Synonym | Gloydius hazarensis JABLONSKI, TILLACK, TILLACK, PETZOLD, WILZO, DAS, IDREES, BANIYA, MASROOR & HOFMANN 2026: 126 |
| Distribution | N Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Punjab Province, Jammu and Kashmir) (Jablonski et al. 2026, Blanford 1878; Unwin in Lawrence 1895; Fenton 1910; Telford 1980; Khan and Tasnim 1986; Gloyd and Conant 1990; Showler 1998; Masroor 2017; Shabir 2022; Hadi and Junaid 2024) Type locality: Naran town, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 34.9061°N, 73.6494°E, 2375 m altitude. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. UF 70652 (field no. SRT 4283), an adult female, collected on 11 July 1975 by Sam Rountree Telford Jr. (Fig. 18). Paratypes. • NHMW 17078: 1, adult male from Murree, Murree District, Punjab Province, collected in 1878 by the Moravian-Austrian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka ; UF 70656–70657 (field nos. SRT 5162 –5163), adult females, other data as for the holotype; UF 82634, adult female from Nathia Gali, Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 34°04'N, 73°23'E, ~ 2400 m altitude, collected on 14 July 1986 by Walter Auffenberg . |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet hazarensis is a latinised adjective referring to the Hazara region of northeastern Pakistan, where the new species was discovered, where its type locality lies, and where it is currently known to occur. The name highlights the geographic origin of the species and reflects the ecological distinctiveness of this transitional zone between the Indo-Gangetic Plains and the western Himalayan biodiversity corridor (Khan 2006). The term should not be confused with the ethnically defined " Hazara " region of central Afghanistan (Hindu Kush), as the two are geographically and culturally distinct. The name was previously used for example for the endemic frog of the region, Rana (Paa) hazarensis Dubois & Khan, 1979 (today Nanorana hazarensis) or for an invalid subspecies of the Black-spined toad, Bufo melanostictus hazarensis Khan, 2001, today in the synonymy of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) . |
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