Gloydius monticola

Taxobox
name = "Gloydius monticola"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Gloydius"
species = "G. monticola"
binomial = "Gloydius monticola"
binomial_authority = (Werner, 1922)
synonyms = * "Ancistrodon blomhoffi monticola" - Werner, 1922
* "Agkistrodon halys monticola" - Gee, 1929
* "Agkistrodon monticola" - Mell, 1929
* "Agkistrodon strauchi popei" - Mell, 1931
* "Ancistrodon halys monticola" - Rendahl, 1933
* "Agkistrodon blomhoffi monticola" - Mertens, 1934
* "Gloydius monticola" - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: Likiang pit viper,Gloyd HK, Conant R. 1990. Snakes of the "Agkistrodon" Complex: A Monographic Review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. ISBN 0-916984-20-6.] Likiang pitviper.Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.] ""Gloydius monticola" is a venomous pitviper species found in southern China. A small and darkly colored snake with no visible color pattern found high in the mountains of northern Yunnan province. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634888|taxon="Gloydius monticola"|year=2008|date=9 August]

Description

Gloyd and Conant (1990) state that the only male they examined was 37.4 cm long with a 5.4 cm tail. The largest female was 49.8 cm in length with a tail of 5.9 cm. The body is relatively slender, although adult females are more stout. The snout is rounded while the head is not markedly wider than the neck.

Scalation includes 19 rows of keeled dorsal scales at midbody, 6 supralabial scales, 140 ventral scales, a single anal scale and 32 paired subcaudal scales.

The coloration consists of a black, dark brown or dark gray ground color with almost no discernable pattern. Exceptions to this rule may have labial scales with a whitish border along the line of the mouth, a few whitish subcaudal scales at the tail tip, or a faint hit of a dorsal pattern.

Geographic range

Found in southern China the mountains of northern Yunnan and at elevations of 3,600-4,000 m. The type locality given is "Yao-Shan bei Lidjiang, NW-Yünnan, 3600m" [Yaoshan, near Likiang (Li-chiang), northwestern Yunnan, China, 3600 m] .

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

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