Protobothrops cornutus

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Protobothrops cornutus (Smith, 1930)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.19.25 (formerly 1930.11.16.2), adult ♀, collected by J.T. Delacour & W. Lowe (Fifth Delacour-Lowe-Greenway-Poilane Mission), between late November–middle December 1929.
Type locality: “Fan-si-pan mountains, Chapa, a hill-station at 5000 feet altitude, Tonkin, Indo-China” [= Mt. Fan Si Pan, Lai Châu Province, Northern Vietnam].

Trimeresurus cornutus Smith, 1930: 682 [original combination]
Protobothrops cornutus — Hermann, Ziegler, Malhotra, Thorpe & Parkinson, 2004: 219 [subsequent combination]

Ceratrimeresurus shenlii Liang & Liu in Liang, 2003: 411 [synonymized by David, Tong, Vogel & Tian (2008: 21)]
- Holotype: JNU unnumbered, ♀, collected in July 1996.
- Type locality: “Working site 02 at Wuzhishan forest, Ruyuan Xian”, Guangdong Province, China.

Smith, M.A. 1930. Two new Snakes from Tonkin, Indo-China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 10 6: 681–683.
Liang, Q. 2003. [Reptiles of Guangdong Nanling Nature Reserve]. pp. 408–417 In: Pang, X. (Ed.). [Studies on Biodiversity of the Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve] (In Chinese). Guangdong Science and Technology Press: Guangzhou. ISBN 978-7-5359-6919-4 Reference page.
Herrmann, H.-W., Ziegler, T., Malhotra, A., Thorpe, R.S. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Redescription and systematics of Trimeresurus cornutus (Serpentes: Viperidae) based on morphology and molecular data. Herpetologica 60(2): 211–221. DOI: 10.1655/03-37 Reference page.
David, P., Tong, H.-Y., Vogel G. & Tian, M.-Y. 2008. On the status of the Chinese pitviper Ceratrimeresurus shenlii Liang and Liu in Liang, 2003 (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the addition of Protobothrops cornutus (Smith, 1930) to the Chinese snake fauna. Asiatic Herpetological Research 11: 17–23. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Protobothrops cornutus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 November 2020.
Stuart, B., Grismer, L. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Protobothrops cornutus (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T22151A2781729. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22151A2781729.en

English: Horned Pitviper