Gloydius monticola (WERNER, 1922)
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Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Likiang pitviper Chinese: 雪山蝮 |
Synonym | Ancistrodon blomhoffi monticola WERNER 1922: 222 Agkistrodon monticola POPE 1935 Agkistrodon strauchi popei MELL 1929 Ancistrodon halys monticola — RENDAHL 1933: 21 Agkistrodon monticola — HARDING & WELCH 1980 Agkistrodon monticola — WELCH 1994: 13 Gloydius monticola — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 306 Gloydius monticola — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004 Gloydius monticola — WALLACH et al. 2014: 311 |
Distribution | China (NW Yunnan) Type locality: Taoshan, Yunnan, China |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Syntypes: NMW 17089.1-2 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Venomous! Synonymy: Zhao 2006 listed Gloydius monticola as a synonym of G. strauchi. |
Etymology | The species name, ‘monticola’, is Latin for ‘inhabitant of the mountains’ (Latin “colere” = inhabiting). |
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