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: Protobothrops
Species: Protobothrops elegans

Name

Protobothrops elegans (Gray, 1849)

  • Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.20.2 (formerly BMNH 1847.3.4.62) and BMNH 1946.1.19.31 (formerly BMNH 1847.3.4.64), adult and juvenile, presented by E. Belcher between 1843–1846.
  • Type locality: “West coast of (North?) America?”, corrected to “Ishigaki shima” by Stejneger (1907).


Combinations

  • Craspedocephalus elegans Gray, 1849: 7 [original combination]
  • Trimeresurus elegans — Stejneger, 1907: 470 [subsequent combination]
  • Protobothrops elegans — Kraus et al., 1996 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

North America

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: Elegant Pitviper
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