Tokara habu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Protobothrops |
Species: | P. tokarensis
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Binomial name | |
Protobothrops tokarensis Nagai, 1928
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Synonyms | |
The Tokara habu (Protobothrops tokarensis) [2] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Tokara Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3]
Scalation includes 31 (31-33) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales, and 8 (7-9) supralabial scales. [2]
Found in Japan on the islands of Takara-jima and Kotakara-jima. According to Golay et al. (1993), the type locality is "Takara-jima, province of Kagoshima, Ryukyu Islands". [1]
Tokara habu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Protobothrops |
Species: | P. tokarensis
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Binomial name | |
Protobothrops tokarensis Nagai, 1928
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Synonyms | |
The Tokara habu (Protobothrops tokarensis) [2] is a venomous pit viper species endemic to the Tokara Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3]
Scalation includes 31 (31-33) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales, and 8 (7-9) supralabial scales. [2]
Found in Japan on the islands of Takara-jima and Kotakara-jima. According to Golay et al. (1993), the type locality is "Takara-jima, province of Kagoshima, Ryukyu Islands". [1]