''Protobothrops sieversorum'', commonly known as the three horned-scaled pitviper or the three-horn-scaled pit-viper, is a
species of
venomous snake, a
pit viper
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . crotaline snakes (from grc, κρόταλον ''krotalon'' castanet), or pit adders, are a subfa ...
in the
family Viperidae. The species is
endemic to
Vietnam.
Taxonomy
''Protobothrops sieversorum'' was originally placed in the
monotypic genus ''Triceratolepidophis''. Guo et al. (2007)
[ Guo P, Malhotra A, Li PP, Pook CE, Creer S (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: 237-246.] synonymised this genus with the genus ''
Protobothrops'', based on evidence that it is phylogenetically nested within the existing species of that genus.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''sieversorum'' (masculine, genitive, plural), is in honor of the Sievers family, father Dr. J.-H. Sievers and sons Julian Sievers and Moritz Sievers, for their support of nature conservation and zoological research.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Triceratolepidophis sieversorum'', p. 243).]
Geographic range
''P. sieversorum'' is indigenous to
Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.
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Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of ''P. sieversorum'' is
forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''P. sieversorum'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). ''Asian Pitvipers''. Berlin: GeitjeBooks. 368 pp. . (''Triceratolepidophis sieversorum'').
* Hermann H-W, Ziegler T, Stuart BL, Orlov NL (2002). "New findings on the distribution, morphology and natural history of ''Triceratolepidophis sieverorum'' (Serpentes: Viperidae)". ''Herpetological Natural History'' 9 (1): 89–94.
*Ziegler T, Herrmann H-W, David P
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, Orlov N, Pauwels OSG (2000). "''Triceratolepidophis sieversorum'', a New Genus and Species of Pitviper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Vietnam". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' 7 (3): 199–214.
*Ziegler T, Herrmann H-W (2002). "''Wiederentdeckung zweier gehörnter grubenotterarten in Vietnam'' ". ''Mitteilungen Zoologische Gesellschaft für Arten- und Populationsschutz'' 18 (2): 24–26. (in German).
Reptiles of Laos
Reptiles of Vietnam
Protobothrops
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Snakes of Vietnam
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