Protobothrops tokarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
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 tokarensis

Name

Protobothrops tokarensis (Nagai, 1928)

  • Holotype: KMJ unnumbered, collected by K. Nagai between 1922–1928. [lost during World War II fide McDiarmid et al. (1999: 347)]
  • Type locality: “Takarashima, Prov. Kagoshima”, Tokara Islands, Japan.

Combinations

  • Trimeresurus tokarensis Nagai, 1928: 6 [original combination]
  • Trimeresurus flavoviridis tokarensis Maki, 1931: 233 [subsequent combination]
  • Protobothrops tokarensis — Kraus, Mink & Brown, 1996: 769 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

  • Japan: Ryukyu Islands : Tokara Islands: Kotakarajima and Takarajima.

References

Primary references

  • Nagai, K. 1928. トカラハブとエラブウナギ [Tokara-habu to Erabu-unagi (Trimeresurus tokarensis and Laticauda semifasciata)]. In: 鹿児島県博物調査 第3輯 [Kagoshima-ken Hakubutsu Chōsa (Survey of natural history of Kagoshima Prefecture)]. Kagoshima-ken Kyoiku Chōsa Kai 3: v + 64 pp., 14 pls. NDL Digital Collections Reference page. 
  • Maki, M. 1931. A Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo: Tokyo. 240 pp. Reference page. 
  • Kraus, F., Mink, D.G. & Brown, W.M. 1996. Crotaline intergeneric relationships based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Copeia 1996(4): 763–773. DOI: 10.2307/1447637 Hybrid open access journal Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Richard C. Goris, Norio Maeda: Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan, Krieger Publishing Company, 2004, ISBN 1575240858 (pp. 271–273)

Vernacular names

English: Tokara Habu
日本語: トカラハブ
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