Protobothrops mucrosquamatus
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| author | Pham, Anh Van Pham, Cuong The Phan, Tien Quang Le, Minh Duc Ha, Linh Thuy Ninh, Vinh Dinh Nguyen, Truong Quang |
| author_facet | Pham, Anh Van Pham, Cuong The Phan, Tien Quang Le, Minh Duc Ha, Linh Thuy Ninh, Vinh Dinh Nguyen, Truong Quang |
| contents | <p><i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i> (Cantor, 1839)</p><p><b>Materials</b></p><p><b>Type status:</b> Other material. <b>Occurrence:</b> catalogNumber: IB R. 6503 (Field number TC-HN 2025.106); individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 7DB975E7-2FFB-5E1D-8419-0434A73B994A; <b>Taxon:</b> scientificNameID: <i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i>; scientificName: <i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i>; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Viperidae; genus: <i>Protobothrops</i>; specificEpithet: <i>mucrosquamatus</i>; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cantor, 1839); <b>Location:</b> country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Ninh Binh; county: Kim Bang; municipality: Kim Bang; locality: Kim Bang SHCA; verbatimElevation: 150; verbatimLatitude: 20°28444"N; verbatimLongitude: 105°50382"E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; <b>Event:</b> eventDate: 25 April 2025; eventRemarks: collected by Nguyen QT, Pham TC, Phan QT, and Pham VA; <b>Record Level:</b> language: en; collectionCode: Reptilia; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen</p><p><b>Description</b></p><p>Morphological characters of the specimen from Kim Bang were consistent with those in the description by Stuart and Heatwole (2008) and Pham et al. (2020): SVL 602 mm, TaL 150.3 mm; head triangular, clearly distinct from the neck; nasal undivided; internasals separated from each other by three scales; single loreal pit; two small scales between the nasal and the shield bordering the anterior region of the loreal pit; postoculars 2 / 2; supralabials 10 / 10, the third large, fourth separated from the subocular by two scales; temporals small; infralabials 14 / 15, the first pair in contact with each other, the first three pairs in contact with the chin-shields; dorsal scale rows 27-25 - 19, rhomboid, strongly keeled throughout, but smooth on the first outer row; ventrals 212 (+ 2 preventrals); cloacal scale undivided; subcaudals 84, paired.</p><p><b>Colouration in life.</b> Dorsal surface of head brown, paler below; dorsal surface of body greyish-brown, with a series of large brown, dark-edged spots; a dark brown line extending from the eye to the angle of the mouth, edged in black; dorsal of tail light brown, with a series of conspicuous black spots; ventral surface brownish with white blotches (Fig. 3 f).</p><p><b>Distribution</b></p><p>In Vietnam, this species has been reported from Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang Provinces in the north southwards to Quang Ngai and Gia Lai Provinces (Pham et al. 2020). Elsewhere, the species is known from India, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan and Myanmar (Uetz et al. 2025).</p><p><b>Ecology</b></p><p>Specimen was found at 21: 30 h on the forest path. The surrounding habitat is secondary forest, composed of medium and small hardwoods, liana and shrub.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Pham, Anh Van Pham, Cuong The Phan, Tien Quang Le, Minh Duc Ha, Linh Thuy Ninh, Vinh Dinh Nguyen, Truong Quang Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Squamata Viperidae Protobothrops Protobothrops mucrosquamatus <p><i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i> (Cantor, 1839)</p><p><b>Materials</b></p><p><b>Type status:</b> Other material. <b>Occurrence:</b> catalogNumber: IB R. 6503 (Field number TC-HN 2025.106); individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 7DB975E7-2FFB-5E1D-8419-0434A73B994A; <b>Taxon:</b> scientificNameID: <i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i>; scientificName: <i>Protobothrops mucrosquamatus</i>; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Viperidae; genus: <i>Protobothrops</i>; specificEpithet: <i>mucrosquamatus</i>; scientificNameAuthorship: (Cantor, 1839); <b>Location:</b> country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Ninh Binh; county: Kim Bang; municipality: Kim Bang; locality: Kim Bang SHCA; verbatimElevation: 150; verbatimLatitude: 20°28444"N; verbatimLongitude: 105°50382"E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; <b>Event:</b> eventDate: 25 April 2025; eventRemarks: collected by Nguyen QT, Pham TC, Phan QT, and Pham VA; <b>Record Level:</b> language: en; collectionCode: Reptilia; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen</p><p><b>Description</b></p><p>Morphological characters of the specimen from Kim Bang were consistent with those in the description by Stuart and Heatwole (2008) and Pham et al. (2020): SVL 602 mm, TaL 150.3 mm; head triangular, clearly distinct from the neck; nasal undivided; internasals separated from each other by three scales; single loreal pit; two small scales between the nasal and the shield bordering the anterior region of the loreal pit; postoculars 2 / 2; supralabials 10 / 10, the third large, fourth separated from the subocular by two scales; temporals small; infralabials 14 / 15, the first pair in contact with each other, the first three pairs in contact with the chin-shields; dorsal scale rows 27-25 - 19, rhomboid, strongly keeled throughout, but smooth on the first outer row; ventrals 212 (+ 2 preventrals); cloacal scale undivided; subcaudals 84, paired.</p><p><b>Colouration in life.</b> Dorsal surface of head brown, paler below; dorsal surface of body greyish-brown, with a series of large brown, dark-edged spots; a dark brown line extending from the eye to the angle of the mouth, edged in black; dorsal of tail light brown, with a series of conspicuous black spots; ventral surface brownish with white blotches (Fig. 3 f).</p><p><b>Distribution</b></p><p>In Vietnam, this species has been reported from Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang Provinces in the north southwards to Quang Ngai and Gia Lai Provinces (Pham et al. 2020). Elsewhere, the species is known from India, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan and Myanmar (Uetz et al. 2025).</p><p><b>Ecology</b></p><p>Specimen was found at 21: 30 h on the forest path. The surrounding habitat is secondary forest, composed of medium and small hardwoods, liana and shrub.</p> |
| title | Protobothrops mucrosquamatus |
| topic | Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Squamata Viperidae Protobothrops Protobothrops mucrosquamatus |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18378934 |