Gloydius swild SHI & MALHOTRA, 2021
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Gloydius swild
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Glacier pit viper Chinese: 冰川蝮 (Bīng Chuān Fù) |
| Synonym | Gloydius swild SHI & MALHOTRA in SHI et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | China (Heishui, Aba, Sichuan) Type locality: Heishui, Aba, Sichuan |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous. One adult female (Holotype) was collected when pregnant, gave birth to eight neonates (including a couple of conjoined twins) on September 20th, 2017 in captivity. The weight of the normal neonates ranged between 3.00–3.45 g (3.01, 3.22, 3.22, 3.23, 3.28, 3.45, average = 3.235, n = 6). The weight of the conjoined twins was 2.86 g (weighed after the first shedding). (Shi et al. 2021). |
| Types | Holotype: IVPP OV2725 (G2, Figs 1, 3), adult female, collected from Heishui, Aba, Sichuan (32.23°N, 102.80°E, 2940 m), on 23 July, 2017, by the senior author; paratype, IVPP OV 2726, adult male, the same locality as the holotype, collected by Jia-Wei Wu (chief executive officer of SWILD Group). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gloydius swild sp. nov. differs from other congeneric species in the following characteristics: i) the narrower postorbital stripe, ii) a pair of round spots on the parietal scales; iii) the absence of the black spots on the lateral body; iv) 21 rows of mid-body dorsal scales; v) a pair of arched stripes on the occiput; vi) 168–170 ventral scales, and vii) 43–46 subcaudal scales. (Shi et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Similar species: Gloydius strauchi, Gloydius angusticeps |
| Etymology | http://zoobank.org/77260121-7761-4D37-AC87-3FE77EEA378C |
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