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Gloydius qinlingensis (SONG & CHEN, 1985)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesChinese: 秦岭蝮 
SynonymAgkistrodon halys qinlingensis SONG & CHEN 1985
Gloydius qinlingensis — GUO et al. 1999
Gloydius qinlingensis — WANG et al. 2006
Gloydius qinlingensis — XU et al. 2012
Gloydius qinlingensis — DAVID & VOGEL 2015
Gloydius qinlingensis — SHI et al. 2017 
DistributionChina (Shaanxi)

Type locality: Huangbaiyuan Xiang (33°45' N, 107° E), Ttaibai Co., Shaanxi Prov., China; 1,500 meters elevation.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: SIZ 840001 (Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, Xian), paratypes: SIZ (13 males, 15 females, no catalog number given), allotype NWU 840128, but types unlocated fide McDiarmid et al. 1999: 308. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Head ovoid shape, tweenty one rows of dorsal scales in middle of body, ventrals and subcaudals 191-224 (average 211.9), dorsum light rufous, with irregulith [sic] dark rufous shaped markings. Other distinguishable characters are given in Table 1. (Song & Chen 1985)


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CommentVenomous!

Synonymy: has been synonymized with G. strauchi by many previous authors, e.g. Zhao & Adler 1993, Wallach et al. 2014: 310.

Distribution: for a map of localities see Shi et al. 2021: 102 (Fig. 6) 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Mt. Qin Ling. 
References
  • David, P. & Vogel, G. 2015. An updated list of Asian pitvipers and a selection of recent publications, in: Visser: Asian Pitvipers. Breeding Experience & Wildlife. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 571pp. ISBN 978-3-89973-450-8 - get paper here
  • Guo, P.; Zhang, F.J. & Chen, Y.Y. 1999. The Hemipenes of Chinese Species of Deinagkistrodon and Gloydius (Serpentes: Crotaiinae). Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 38-42 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Ren J. L., Huang J. J., Wu W., Jiang K., Li J. T. 2025. One mountain, two tigers: A new species Gloydius (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the upper Lancang Valley in 26 Xizang, China, with comments on the diagnostic characters and evolution of the G. strauchi species (Bedriaga, 1912) complex. Asian Herpetol Res, 16(1): 1-19 - get paper here
  • Shi J-S, Liu J-C, Giri R, Owens JB, Santra V, Kuttalam S, Selvan M, Guo K-J, Malhotra A 2021. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. ZooKeys 1061: 87-108 - get paper here
  • Shi, Jingsong; Gang Wang; Xi’er Chen; Yihao Fang; Li Ding; Song Huang; Mian Hou, Jun Liu, and Pipeng Li 2017. A new moth-preying alpine pit viper species from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Viperidae, Crotalinae). Amphibia-Reptilia, 38 (4): 517 – 532;<br />DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003134 - get paper here
  • Song,M.T. & Chen, F.G. 1985. A new subspecies of pit-viper from Mt. Qin Ling. Anim. Mondo 2: 99-103
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Wenjie Dong, Ke Jiang, Jingsong Shi, Cameron D. Siler and Jing Che 2019. A New Species of Plateau Pit Viper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Gloydius) from the Upper Lancang (= Mekong) Valley in the Hengduan Mountain Region, Tibet, China. Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 224-236 - get paper here
  • Wang, Xiang-jun; Zhao, Er-mi. 2006. A preliminary taxonomic status of Gloydius qinlingensis and G. liupanensis. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 25 (2):210-213. [In Chinese]
  • XU, Yan; Qin LIU, Edward A MYERS, , Lian WANG, Song HUANG, Yun HE,Peihao PENG and Peng GUO 2012. Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Gloydius (Serpentes: Crotalinae). Asian Herpetological Research 3 (2): 127–132 - get paper here
 
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