Gloydius blomhoffii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Gloydius
Species: Gloydius blomhoffii

Name

  • Gloydius blomhoffii (Boie, 1826)

Holotype: ZMA 15179, collected by J.C. Blomhoff between 1817–1824.

Type locality: “Decima [=Dejima Island]”, Japan.

Combinations

  • Trigonocephalus blomhoffii Boie, 1826: 214 [original combination]
  • Halys blomhoffiiGünther, 1864: 393 [subsequent combination]
  • Ancistrodon blomhoffiiBoulenger, 1890: 140 [subsequent combination]
  • Agkistrodon blomhoffiiStejneger, 1907: 457 [subsequent combination]
  • Gloydius blomhoffiiHoge & Romano-Hoge, 1980: 195 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

  • Trigonocephalus affinis Gray, 1849: 14

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.1 (formerly BMNH i.7.2a), ♂, presented by Capt. E. Belcher.

Type locality: unknown, possibly from “Ishigaki shima, in the Yaeyama group” fide Stejneger (1907: 461).

  • Trigonocephalus blomhoffii megaspilus Cope, 1862: 336

Holotype: ANSP 136, collected in Perry Expedition between 1852–1854.

Type locality: unknown, probably Japan.

References

Primary references

  • Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. i–xv + 1–125. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mamushi
日本語: ニホンマムシ
한국어: 살무사
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