Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Trimeresurus tibetanus Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Viperidae Higher classification Trimeresurus | |
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Similar Snake, Trimeresurus, Trimeresurus gracilis, Trimeresurus labialis, Trimeresurus cantori | ||
Trimeresurus tibetanus is a venomous pit viper species found only in Tibet. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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Description
Scalation includes 21 (19 or 20) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 147-152/145-159 ventral scales in males/females, 46-54/40-48 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 7-9 supralabial scales.
Geographic range
Found in Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region, China). The type locality given is "Xizang Province, Nielamou District, Quekesumou, altitude 3,200 metres (10,500 ft)". In their English translation of Huang's publication, David and Tong (1997) list the type locality as "Tibet", but give "Naylam, Chokesumo" in the summary.
References
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