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'''''Protobothrops kaulbacki''''', [[common name|commonly known]] as the '''Kaulback's lance-headed pit viper''',<ref name=Gum04>Gumprecht A, Tillack F, [[:fr:Nikolaï Orlov|Orlov NL]], [[Ashok Captain|Captain A]], Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pit vipers''. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. {{ISBN|3-937975-00-4}}.</ref> is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[pit viper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Asia]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name=ITIS>{{ITIS|id=634919|taxon=''Protobothrops kaulbacki'' |accessdate=28 July 2008}}</ref> |
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'''''Protobothrops kaulbacki''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[pit viper]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Asia]]. No [[subspecies]] are currently recognized.<ref name=ITIS>{{ITIS|id=634919|taxon=''Protobothrops kaulbacki'' |accessdate=28 July 2008}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:08, 21 October 2018
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Protobothrops |
| Species: | P. kaulbacki
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| Protobothrops kaulbacki (M.A. Smith, 1940)
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Protobothrops kaulbacki, commonly known as the Kaulback's lance-headed pit viper,[4] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, kaulbacki, is in honor of Ronald Kaulback.[6][7][8]
Description
Adult males may attain a total length of 134 cm (53 in), which includes a tail 22.5 cm (8.9 in) long. Females may grow longer: maximum total length 141 cm (56 in), tail 23 cm (9.1 in).
Dorsally, it is green, with a vertebral series of dark angular spots, which may be joined to form a zigzag stripe. The top of the head is black with yellow stripes. Ventrally, except for the whitish throat area, it is gray with large squarish or crescent-shaped yellow spots.[9]
Scalation includes 25 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 201-212 ventral scales, 66-78 subcaudal scales, and 8 supralabial scales of which the third is the largest.[4]
Geographic range
P. kaulbacki had originally been known only from the type locality, which is "Pangnamdim, north of the Triangle, Upper Burma" (Myanmar).[2] In 2005 it was reported that it is also found in China.[10] The species was reportedly also spotted in Northeast India, at Dafla Hills in Papum Pare, East Kameng and Kurung Kumey Districts, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India.[citation needed]
Reproduction
This species is oviparous. The adult female lays a clutch of 6-32 eggs in a hole in the ground, and then remains with the eggs to guard them. Eggs measure 48–53 mm x 26–27 mm (about 2 in x 1 in). The hatchlings are 26–27 cm (about 10½ inches) in total length.[9]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/178685/0
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. Washington, District of Columbia. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Protobothrops kaulbacki ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pit vipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ^ "Protobothrops kaulbacki". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ Smith, M.A. 1940.
- ^ Guo, Peng. 2007. New evidence on the phylogenetic position of the poorly known Asian pitviper Protobothrops kaulbacki (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) with a redescription of the species and a revision of the genus Protobothrops. Herpetological Journal 17 (4): 237-246.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Protobothrops kaulbacki, p. 138.)
- ^ a b Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xii + 583 pp. (Protobothrops kaulbacki, p. 512.)
- ^ Rao D, Zhao E. 2005. A New Record from China – Protobothrops kaulbacki (Reptilia, Serpentes, Viperidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30: 209-211.
Further reading
- Smith, M.A. 1940. The Amphibians and Reptiles obtained by Mr. Ronald Kaulback in Upper Burma. Records of the Indian Museum 42: 465-486. (Protobothrops kaulbacki, p. 485, Plate VIII, Figure 5.)
External links
- Protobothrops kaulbacki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 July 2007.
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